title: Gender attribution and gender agreement in French Williams syndrome.
abstract: Previous studies on grammatical gender in French individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) have led to conflicting findings and interpretations regarding keys abilities--gender attribution and gender agreement. New production data from a larger WS sample (N=24) showed that gender attribution scores in WS participants exactly mirrored those of controls: all groups overwhelmingly relied on the masculine as the default gender. WS participants' agreement scores were far lower than those of CA-controls though not significantly below those of MA-controls. They also did not improve with age, which might suggest a permanent disability in this area.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University Paul Valéry, Montpellier III, Route de Mende, 34000 Montpellier, France. yves.boloh@univ-montp3.fr
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Boloh
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ibernon
authors.forename: Stéphanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Royer
authors.forename: Frédérique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Escudier
authors.forename: Aurélia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danillon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D014825:Vocabulary; D018980:Williams Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult