Verbal and nonverbal abilities in the Williams syndrome phenotype: evidence for diverging developmental trajectories.

Abstract excerpt

One commonly cited feature of Williams syndrome is a characteristic dissociation between relatively spared language skills and severely impaired nonverbal abilities. However, the actual evidence for a dissociation between verbal and nonverbal abilities in Williams syndrome is equivocal. In two separate studies we examined these abilities in 16 individuals showing the Williams syndrome phenotype. When considered...

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