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Autor(es): | AdrianaSampaio Nuno Sousa Montse Férnandez Margarida Henriques Óscar F. Gonçalvesa |
Título: | Memory abilities in Williams Syndrome: dissociation or developmental delay hypothesis? |
Data de publicação: | 2008 |
Resumo: | Williams syndrome.(WS) is a neurodevelopmental genetic disorder often described as being characterized by a dissociative cognitive architecture, in which profound impairments of visuo-spatial cognition contrast with relative preservation of linguistic, face recognition and auditory short-memory abilities. This asymmetric and dissociative cognition has been also proposed to characterize WS memory ability, with sparing of auditory short-term memory and impairment of spatial and long-term memory abilities. In this study, we explored the possibility of a double memory dissociation in WS (short- versus long-term memory; verbal versus visual memory). Thus, verbal memory abilities were assessed using California Verbal Learning Test and Digit Span and Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure and Corsi Blocks was used to assess visual-spatial memory abilities. Overall, WS subjects were found to present a generalized significant impairment in verbal and visuo-spatial components either in short- or long-term memory. In sum, data from this study brings support for a developmental delay hypothesis, rather than a double dissociation within memory systems in WS. (c) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Assunto: | Medicina básica Basic medicine |
Áreas do conhecimento: | Ciências médicas e da saúde::Medicina básica Medical and Health sciences::Basic medicine |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/102147 |
Tipo de Documento: | Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional |
Condições de Acesso: | restrictedAccess |
Aparece nas coleções: | FPCEUP - Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional |
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