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Palomares, Melanie; Landau, Barbara; Egeth, Howard – Brain and Cognition, 2009
Williams Syndrome (WS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, which stems from a genetic deletion on chromosome 7 and causes a profound weakness in visuospatial cognition. Our current study explores how orientation perception may contribute to the visuospatial deficits in WS. In Experiment 1, we found that WS individuals and normal 3-4 year olds…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Spatial Ability, Young Children
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Herba, Catherine M.; de Bruin, Esther; Althaus, Monika; Verheij, Fop; Ferdinand, Robert F. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
Previous studies indicate that Multiple Complex Developmental Disorder (MCDD) children differ from PDD-NOS and autistic children on a symptom level and on psychophysiological functioning. Children with MCDD (n = 21) and PDD-NOS (n = 62) were compared on two facets of social-cognitive functioning: identification of neutral faces and facial…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Recognition (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Pariser, David A. – 1979
The case study of Nadia, an autistic child, documents the phenomenally accurate drawings she made. Nadia's precocious drawing capacity raises questions about the drawing hypothesis adhered to by F. Goodenough and D. B. Harris and Gestalt theories of perception and representation. The argument is made that Nadia drew realistically because she…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Association (Psychology), Autism, Case Studies