Cognitive & Social Skills in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783639089318)

Developmental disorders are often studied as either independent research groups or as clinical case presentations; these approaches are rarely combined. This book directly compares cognitive and social functioning in three developmental disorders: Williams syndrome (WS), Down syndrome (DS) and autism (AS), from both a research and a clinical perspective. This unique approach provides new insights into cognitive functioning within WS, DS and AS, including: attention; memory; learning and processing styles; verbal abilities; spatial skills and reasoning. New insights are also provided into how WS, DS and AS view the world from a social perspective, including: their ability to read emotions; their motivational drive toward social interaction; and their 'Theory of Mind', or their ability to understand other people's behaviours based on underlying desires, emotions, and thoughts. Findings also highlight within-syndrome variability in cognitive and social functions in WS, which was previously thought to have a homogenous cognitive profile. The book is a valuable resource for researchers, as well as health and education professionals.

Author: Melanie Porter
ISBN-10: 3639089316
ISBN-13: 9783639089318
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2008
Pages: 172
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d