Article (Scientific journals)
An investigation of verbal short-term memory and phonological processing in four children with Williams syndrome
Majerus, Steve; Barisnikov, K.; Vuillemin, I. et al.
2003In Neurocase: Case Studies in Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatry and Behavioural Neurology, 9 (5), p. 390-401
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
 

Files


Full Text
Neurocase2003 pdf.pdf
Author postprint (270.22 kB)
Download

All documents in ORBi are protected by a user license.

Send to



Details



Keywords :
mémoire a court terme; syndrome de Williams
Abstract :
[en] Although phonological processing is generally considered to be a proficiency in Williams syndrome (WS), there are very few studies which have extensively explored phonological processing abilities in WS. In this study, we re-assessed phonological processing in WS by exploring verbal STM and phonological awareness abilities in 4 children with WS (CA: 10-12 years) and two control groups, one matched for chronological age (CA) and the other matched for verbal mental age (VA). Our results confirm and extend previous claims of preserved phonological STM in WS by showing specifically preserved STM performance for non-words, compared to both VA and CA control groups. However, we observed that this was the case only for non-words where support of phonological and lexico-semantic knowledge was minimized, with reduced phonological and lexico-semantic effects on STM performance. Furthermore, a more direct assessment of phonological processing abilities through phonological awareness tasks showed impaired performance for the 4 WS children. Our data confirm that STM for non-words represents a real strength in. WS but they do not support previous assumptions of a more general preservation of phonological processing abilities in WS. Implications for impaired and preserved cognitive processes underlying verbal STM and phonological awareness abilities in WS are discussed.
Disciplines :
Neurology
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Majerus, Steve  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Barisnikov, K.
Vuillemin, I.
Poncelet, Martine ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Neuropsychologie du langage et des apprentissages
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Language :
English
Title :
An investigation of verbal short-term memory and phonological processing in four children with Williams syndrome
Publication date :
October 2003
Journal title :
Neurocase: Case Studies in Neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatry and Behavioural Neurology
ISSN :
1355-4794
eISSN :
1465-3656
Publisher :
Swets Zeitlinger Publishers, Lisse, Netherlands
Volume :
9
Issue :
5
Pages :
390-401
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Available on ORBi :
since 25 February 2009

Statistics


Number of views
164 (9 by ULiège)
Number of downloads
378 (9 by ULiège)

Scopus citations®
 
33
Scopus citations®
without self-citations
28
OpenCitations
 
26

Bibliography


Similar publications



Contact ORBi