Williams Syndrome Web Watch: Can individuals with Williams syndrome interpret mental states from moving faces?

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Can individuals with Williams syndrome interpret ...:

"We propose that using moving whole face stimuli individuals with WS can infer mental states and the eye region plays a particularly important role in performance."

Williams Syndrome

Identified more than 40 years ago, Williams syndrome occurs in an estimated one in 20,000 births worldwide. It arises from a faulty recombination event during the development of sperm or egg cells. As a result, almost invariably the same set of about 20 genes surrounding the gene for elastin is deleted from one copy of chromosome seven, catapulting the carrier of the deletion into a world where people make much more sense than objects do. Despite a myriad of health problems and a generally low IQ, people with Williams syndrome are loquacious, sociable, and very empathetic.

Williams Syndrome Web Watch

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Can individuals with Williams syndrome interpret mental states from moving faces?

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