Williams syndrome (WS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder, with an intriguing cognitive phenotype. Previous studies found support for an atypical profile of fictional narrative production in WS (Gonçalves et al. The British Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 56(111), 89-109, 2010). This study aimed at testing if the same profile is observed when individuals with WS tell autobiographical narratives. Using a ne...
Williams Syndrome (WS) is a genetic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a submicroscopic deletion on chromosome 7 q11.23. This is a systemic disorder in which cardiac problems and mental retardation are the key phenotypic symptoms. Although displaying a general cognitive impairment, they are most often described as exhibiting a peak and valley profile, with relative sparing of language and face processing abi...
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 s...
The objective of this ex post facto study was to test the divergent validity (degree of discrimination) of anorexia prototype narrative according to anorectic close confidents (relatives), as well as explore different characteristics of the participants which may be associated with the degree of prototype discrimination. Sixty-four relatives of individuals with anorexia nervosa participated in the study and wer...
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...
O estudo que apresentamos vem na sequência de um outro em que foi construída a narrativa protótipo da anorexia nervosa e analisada a sua validade convergente (grau de verosimilhança). Desenvolvemos dois estudos empíricos cujos objectivos centrais são: a) analisar a validade divergente (grau de discriminação) da narrativa protótipo da anorexia, b) explorar aspectos da história dos sujeitos e dos seus significati...
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...
This research constitutes a first effort testing the possibilities of three rating systems intended to evaluative narrative structure, process and content in psychological disorders. More specifically, the objective of this research is twofold: (1) to explore the reliability of three different rating manuals designed to evaluate, respectively, narrative structure, process and content; (2) to explore the validit...
O presente estudo vem dar continuidade a um outro no qual foi construída a narrativa protótipo da anorexia e analisada a sua validade convergente (grau de verosimilhança). Neste sentido, nele emergem três objectivos centrais: analisar a validade divergente (grau de discriminação) da narrativa protótipo da anorexia, explorar aspectos da história dos sujeitos que possam estar associados a uma diferença de intensi...
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