MacDonald G W, Roy D L
Department of Psychology, IWK Hospital for Children, Halifax, N.S. Canada.
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1988 Mar;10(2):125-31. doi: 10.1080/01688638808408229.
Seven children with Williams syndrome were seen for neuropsychological assessment. Their performances were compared with those obtained from a clinical control group matched for age, sex, and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test Standard Score. The results support the view that children with Williams syndrome suffer from a severe impairment in visual-motor integration. No child in the Experimental Group outperformed his/her matched control on either subtest assessing visual-motor integration skills, while no significant differences were noted between the groups on tests for simple motor skills (e.g., finger oscillation). Significant differences were also found on the subtests of the Wide Range Achievement Test. No significant differences between the groups were noted on tests for general language skills. The remedial educational, and neuropsychological implications of these findings are discussed.
对七名患有威廉姆斯综合征的儿童进行了神经心理学评估。将他们的表现与从年龄、性别和皮博迪图片词汇测试标准分数相匹配的临床对照组获得的表现进行了比较。结果支持这样一种观点，即患有威廉姆斯综合征的儿童在视动整合方面存在严重障碍。在评估视动整合技能的任何一个子测试中，实验组中没有一个儿童的表现优于其匹配的对照组，而在简单运动技能测试（如手指摆动）中，两组之间没有发现显著差异。在广泛成就测试的子测试中也发现了显著差异。在一般语言技能测试中，两组之间没有发现显著差异。讨论了这些发现对补救教育和神经心理学的影响。
