Article
Block design performance in the Williams syndrome phenotype: a problem with mental imagery?
Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines - 1 Sept 2001
Farran E K, Jarrold C, Gathercole S E
Abstract excerpt
Williams syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder which, among other characteristics, has a distinctive cognitive profile. Nonverbal abilities are generally poor in relation to verbal abilities, but also show varying levels of ability in relation to each other. Performance on block construction tasks represents arguably the weakest nonverbal ability in WS. In this study we examined two requirements of block...
Topics
- Child
- Cognition Disorders
- Genotype
- Humans
- Imagination
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Psychomotor Performance
- Space Perception
- Williams Syndrome