ReviewPsychology research and behavior management2015
Williams syndrome and its cognitive profile: the importance of eye movements.
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- Attention skills, learning and academic abilities in children and adolescents with genetic disorders: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Challenges with shifting, regardless of disengagement: attention mechanisms and eye movements in Williams syndrome.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2025Article
- Anxiety during transition from primary to secondary schools in neurodivergent children.JCPP advances · 2025Article
- Eye Tracking as a Tool for Detecting Alzheimer's Disease in People With Down Syndrome.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Article
- Specific and shared cognitive predictors of drawing and block building in typically developing children.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Anxiety, concerns and emotion regulation in individuals with Williams syndrome and Down syndrome during the COVID-19 outbreak: a global study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The role of snare proteins in cortical development.Developmental neurobiology · 2022Review
- Dissociation of early and late face-related processes in autism spectrum disorder and Williams syndrome.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2022Article
- Eye Movement Patterns and Approximate Number Sense Task Performance in Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome: A Developmental Perspective.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2019Article
- Addressing the Educational Needs of Children with Williams Syndrome: A Rather Neglected Area of Research?Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2018Review
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Abstract
People with Williams syndrome (WS), a rare neurodevelopmental disorder that is caused by a deletion on the long arm of chromosome 7, often show an uneven cognitive profile with participants performing better on language and face recognition tasks, in contrast to visuospatial and number tasks. Recent studies have shown that this specific cognitive profile in WS is a result of atypical developmental processes that interact with and affect brain development from infancy onward. Using examples from language, face processing, number, and visuospatial studies, this review evaluates current evidence from eye-tracking and developmental studies and argues that domain general processes, such as the ability to plan or execute saccades, influence the development of these domain-specific outcomes. Although more research on eye movements in WS is required, the importance of eye movements for cognitive development suggests a possible intervention pathway to improve cognitive abilities in this population.
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