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Harnett, Susanne DeFalco.

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Differences and similarities in individuals with Williams syndrome and high-functioning autism.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Differences and similarities in individuals with Williams syndrome and high-functioning autism./
Author:	Harnett, Susanne DeFalco.
Description:	261 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-05, Section: B, page: 2379.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International60-05B.
Subject:	Psychology, Cognitive. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=9930061
ISBN:	0599300485

Differences and similarities in individuals with Williams syndrome and high-functioning autism.
Harnett, Susanne DeFalco.

Differences and similarities in individuals with Williams syndrome and high-functioning autism. - 261 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 60-05, Section: B, page: 2379.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Virginia, 1999.

Williams syndrome (WS) and autism are two developmental disorders that have recently been linked. Researchers have learned that individuals in both groups are similar in a number of respects. Both engage in self-stimulatory behavior, display unusual sensitivity to noise, are inclined to be musical, are trouble by anxiety, and have obsessive interests. Most people in both clinical categories are mentally retarded. A closer look reveals that individuals with these disorders differ in their respective patterns of cognitive strengths and weaknesses—especially with respect to verbal and spatial intelligence.

ISBN: 0599300485Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017810
Psychology, Cognitive.

Differences and similarities in individuals with Williams syndrome and high-functioning autism.
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520 $a Williams syndrome (WS) and autism are two developmental disorders that have recently been linked. Researchers have learned that individuals in both groups are similar in a number of respects. Both engage in self-stimulatory behavior, display unusual sensitivity to noise, are inclined to be musical, are trouble by anxiety, and have obsessive interests. Most people in both clinical categories are mentally retarded. A closer look reveals that individuals with these disorders differ in their respective patterns of cognitive strengths and weaknesses—especially with respect to verbal and spatial intelligence.
520 $a The purpose of the study was to examine differences and similarities between individuals with WS and those with autism. Four hypotheses were entertained: (a) relative to their average level of functioning, individuals with WS will display better verbal than spatial skills—those with autism, the reverse pattern; (b) individuals with autism will draw more realistic pictures than mental-age matched peers with WS; (c) individuals with WS will tell more sophisticated, “audience-grabbing” stories than those with autism; and (d) individuals with WS will display more pitch fluctuation while telling stories than those with autism.
520 $a To test these hypotheses, 12 individuals with WS and a like number with autism were tested individually on a battery of neuropsychological tests. Due to the impracticality of testing individuals who are severely impaired, only those with high-functioning autism (HFA) were selected for the autistic group. Following the testing, parents of the participants were interviewed about the behaviors of their children.
520 $a The results, although complex, generally supported the first two hypotheses of the study, but not the third or fourth. No evidence was found that participants with WS told more sophisticated stories or used more pitch variation when telling them than their HFA counterparts. The parental interviews confirmed initial beliefs about how the two groups would be similar and provided a rich assortment of qualitative information about both.
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