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Courbois, Yannick; Farran, Emily K.; Lemahieu, Axelle; Blades, Mark; Mengue-Topio, Hursula; Sockeel, Pascal – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
The aim of this study was to assess wayfinding abilities in individuals with Down syndrome (DS). The ability to learn routes though a virtual environment (VE) and to make a novel shortcut between two locations was assessed in individuals with DS (N = 10) and control participants individually matched on mental age (MA) or chronological age (CA).…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Mental Age, Simulation, Comparative Analysis
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Palomares, Melanie; Englund, Julia A.; Ahlers, Stephanie – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Williams Syndrome (WS) is a developmental disorder typified by deficits in visuospatial cognition. To understand the nature of this deficit, we characterized how people with WS perceive visual orientation, a fundamental ability related to object identification. We compared WS participants to typically developing children (3-6 years of age) and…
Descriptors: Mental Age, Mental Retardation, Genetic Disorders, Developmental Disabilities