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How executive functions are related to intelligence in Williams syndrome

Williams syndrome is characterized by impairments in executive functions (EFs). However, it remains unknown how distinct types of EFs relate to intelligence in this syndrome. The present study analyzed performance on working memory, inhibiting and shifting, and its links to IQ in a sample of 17 individuals with WS, and compared them with a group of 17 typically developing individuals matched on chronological ag...

Cognitive functioning in children and adults with Smith-Magenis syndrome

Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a microdeletion on chromosome 17p11.2. This syndrome is characterized by a distinctive profile of physical, medical and neuropsychological characteristics. The latter include general mental disability, with the majority of individuals falling within the mild to moderate range. This study reports a detailed cognitive assessment of ch...

Longitudinal assessment of narrative profile in a Williams syndrome patient

Cognitive profile in William syndrome : a case study

Williams Syndrome (WS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, approximately occurring 1 in 20 000 live births, caused by a submicroscopic deletion on band q11.22-23 in chromosome 7. Their clinical characteristics include an uneven profile, characterised by physical, developmental and neurocognitive features. They also present desadaptative behaviours, with a strong impulse to social contact. Given this uneven c...

Eating related problems amongst Iberian female college students

The current survey descriptive study evaluates the prevalence of eating related problems amongst a sample of first-year female college students attending an university campus in one of two areas of the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula in Europe. A total of 1079 students participated in the current study, 486 from a large university campus of the North of Portugal (Minho), and 595 from two large university cam...

Funcionamento cognitivo e produção narrativa no síndrome de Williams : congruên...

Uma questão central na teoria de desenvolvimento neurocognitivo consiste no debate acerca da existência de fenómenos de verdadeira dissociação neurocognitiva. Recentemente, no entanto, vários autores têm defendido a existência de uma dinâmica probabilística entre genótipo, organização cerebral e funcionamento cognitivo. O síndrome de Williams é uma perturbação do neurodesenvolvimento cujo estudo pode ajudar à c...

Análisis comparativo del estilo atribucional y de la autoestima en una muestra ...

En la presente investigación se ha analizado el papel que desempeñan la variable atribucional y la autoestima en estados depresivos. El estudio atribucional es de capital importancia en la dinámica de la personalidad, ya que las atribuciones causales son mecanismos sesgados de afrontamiento que guían la conducta del sujeto. Metodología. Para llevar a cabo esta investigación se ha evaluado la autoestima y los s...