Autism and Williams syndrome: truly mirror conditions in the socio-cognitive domain?
| Autor: | Niego A; Faculty of Philology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain., Benítez-Burraco A; Department of Spanish, Linguistics, and Theory of Literature (Linguistics), Faculty of Philology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | International journal of developmental disabilities [Int J Dev Disabil] 2020 Sep 10; Vol. 68 (4), pp. 399-415. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 10 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| DOI: | 10.1080/20473869.2020.1817717 |
| Abstrakt: | Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Williams Syndrome (WS) are frequently characterized as mirror conditions in the socio-cognitive domain, with ASD entailing restrictive social interests and with WS exhibiting hypersociability. In this review paper, we examine in detail the strong points and deficits of people with ASD or WS in the socio-cognitive domain and show that both conditions also share some common features. Moreover, we explore the neurobiological basis of the social profile of ASD and WS and found a similar mixture of common affected areas and condition-specific impaired regions. We discuss these findings under the hypothesis of a continuum of the socio-cognitive abilities in humans. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. (© The British Society of Developmental Disabilities 2020.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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