title: [Cross-linguistic assessment of verbal production from a narrative task in Williams Syndrome].
abstract: Williams Syndrome (WS) is a disorder caused by a delection in chromosome 7, with a cognitive profile characterised by mild to moderate mental deficiency and difficulties in visual-spatial processing, which contrasts with a relative preservation of linguistic functions and narrative production. In this study, verbal performance was analysed in two groups of participants (N = 3), Portuguese and Spanish, genetically diagnosed with WS. Scores were low in Verbal IQ, as in Performance IQ. Narrative performance showed low coherence with respect to structure, process, and content. WS verbal performance was affected and there was no difference between both groups. We could not find any dissociation between cognitive functioning and linguistic production.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Filosifía y Letras, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. elena.garayzabal@unam.es
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garayzábal Heinze
authors.forename: Montse F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Prieto
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sampaio
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014825:Vocabulary; D018980:Williams Syndrome