Cognitive Profiles of French Individuals with Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome: What’s Up? What’s Next?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Materials and Procedure
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Williams Syndrome (n = 12, 7 Girls) | Down Syndrome (n = 12, 7 Girls) | Max Score | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Range | Mean | Range | ||
Chronological age | 13.0 | 6.3–27.2 | 15.6 | 10.7–19.1 | / |
RCPMs | 16.58 | 9.0–25.0 | 15.08 | 9.0–25.0 | 36.0 |
Word production | 24.5 | 19.0–28.0 | 22.17 | 16.0–29.0 | 35.0 |
Word comprehension | 26.17 | 21.0–28.0 | 24.83 | 21.0–28.0 | 28.0 |
CV | 4.17 | 2.0–5.0 | 2.58 | 1.0–4.0 | 5.0 |
CCV | 2.75 | 2.0–3.0 | 1.5 | 1.0–2.0 | 5.0 |
Williams Syndrome | Down Syndrome | p | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
Face recognition | BFRT | 37.08 | 6.08 | 30.25 | 2.70 | *** |
ToM | ToMT | 18.75 | 5.19 | 13.17 | 3.33 | ** |
ToM1 | 9.58 | 1.93 | 8.00 | 2.26 | * | |
ToM2 | 5.00 | 2.34 | 3.17 | 0.58 | ** | |
ToM3 | 4.17 | 2.21 | 2.00 | 2.17 | ** | |
Language production | MP Total | 11.25 | 2.63 | 9.75 | 2.67 | ns |
SSP | 8.00 | 2.04 | 6.58 | 1.51 | ** | |
PSP | 0.42 | 0.67 | 0.58 | 0.67 | ns | |
TIP | 2.83 | 1.53 | 2.58 | 1.56 | ns | |
Language comprehension | MC Total | 17.33 | 2.10 | 13.67 | 2.71 | *** |
SSC | 9.00 | 0.00 | 8.67 | 1.15 | ns | |
PSC | 4.67 | 0.98 | 3.00 | 1.13 | *** | |
TIC | 3.25 | 1.36 | 2.00 | 1.41 | * |
ToMT | ProdSynt | CompSynt | |
---|---|---|---|
BFRT | 0.55 (−0.04 to 0.85) | −0.33 (−0.30 to 0.76) | 0.39 (−0.24 to 0.79) |
ToMT | - | 0.18 (−0.44 to 0.68) | 0.13 (−0.48 to 0.65) |
ProdSynt | - | 0.25 (−0.38 to 0.72) |
ToMT | ProdSynt | CompSynt | |
---|---|---|---|
BFRT | 0.24 (−0.39 to 0.71) | −0.22 (−0.70 to 0.41) | −0.02 (−0.58 to 0.56) |
ToMT | - | 0.35 (−0.28 to 0.77) | 0.09 (−0.51 to 0.63) |
ProdSynt | - | 0.13 (−0.48 to 0.66) |
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Touchet, C.; Pochon, R.; Bourdin, B.; Ibernon, L. Cognitive Profiles of French Individuals with Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome: What’s Up? What’s Next? Disabilities 2023, 3, 105-113. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities3010008
Touchet C, Pochon R, Bourdin B, Ibernon L. Cognitive Profiles of French Individuals with Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome: What’s Up? What’s Next? Disabilities. 2023; 3(1):105-113. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities3010008
Chicago/Turabian StyleTouchet, Claire, Régis Pochon, Béatrice Bourdin, and Laure Ibernon. 2023. "Cognitive Profiles of French Individuals with Williams Syndrome and Down Syndrome: What’s Up? What’s Next?" Disabilities 3, no. 1: 105-113. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities3010008