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Foti, F.; Petrosini, L.; Cutuli, D.; Menghini, D.; Chiarotti, F.; Vicari, S.; Mandolesi, L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study aimed to evaluate spatial function in subjects with Williams syndrome (WS) by using a large-scale task with multiple rewards and comparing the spatial abilities of WS subjects with those of mental age-matched control children. In the present spatial task, WS participants had to explore an open space to search nine rewards placed in…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Spatial Ability, Rewards, Genetic Disorders
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Hippolyte, Loyse; Barisnikov, Koviljka; Van der Linden, Martial; Detraux, Jean-Jacques – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
Facial expression processing and the attribution of facial emotions to a context were investigated in adults with Down syndrome (DS) in two experiments. Their performances were compared with those of a child control group matched for receptive vocabulary. The ability to process faces without emotional content was controlled for, and no differences…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Nonverbal Communication, Down Syndrome, Error Patterns
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Gunn, Deborah M.; Jarrold, Christopher – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
The aim of this study was to investigate the types of errors produced by three participant groups (individuals with Down syndrome, with moderate learning disability, and typically developing children) whilst completing the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices task. An analysis of error categories revealed that individuals with Down syndrome…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Learning Disabilities, Children, Error Patterns