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Sensory modulation impairments in children with Williams syndrome

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John, Angela E., Mervis, Carolyn B.·2010·American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics

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The ability to organize information detected by our senses (“sensory modulation”) allows us to act or respond effectively to situations encountered, facilitating learning, social behavior, and day‐to‐day functioning. We hypothesized that children with Williams syndrome (WS) would demonstrate symptoms of poor sensory modulation and that these sensory modulation abnormalities contribute to the phenotype. Participants were 78 children with WS aged 4.00–10.95 years. Based on parent ratings on the Short Sensory Profile [SSP; Dunn,1999], most children were classified as having definite sensory modulation issues. Cluster analysis identified the presence of two clusters varying in level of sensory modulation impairment. Children in the high impairment group demonstrated poorer adaptive functioning, executive functioning, more problem behaviors, and more difficult temperaments than children in the low impairment group. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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  • Children with Williams syndrome and high sensory impairment scored worse on executive and adaptive function measures than those with low sensory impairment.

    “Finally, in a study of children with Williams syndrome, children classified as having high sensory impairment had poorer scores on both executive function and adaptive function measures than children classified as having low sensory impairment [5].”
  • Several other clinical populations show links between atypical sensory processing and executive or adaptive function impairment.

    “Associations between atypical sensory processing and impairment in either executive function or adaptive function have been found in several other clinical populations [2, 5, 24, 25].”
  • The results conflict with other studies showing associations between sensory processing and adaptive function in children with Williams syndrome and autism.

    “These results conflict with other studies that have shown associations between sensory processing and adaptive function in children with Williams syndrome [5] and autism [2].”
  • The associations found between sensory processing symptoms and executive function impairment in preterm children are consistent with previous studies documenting similar associations in other clinical populations.

    “Our findings of associations between sensory processing symptoms and executive function impairment in preterm children are consistent with the results of previous studies documenting similar associations in other clinical populations [5, 24, 25].”

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Authors
John, A. E., & Mervis, C. B.
Venue
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2010-04-22
Volume
154C
Issue
2
Pages
266-276
ISSN
  • 1552-4868 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-4876
OpenAlex
W1977044662
Cited by
69
References
55
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.62
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C Seminars in Medical Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01/NS35102, R01NS035102)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R37HD029957, R37 HD29957)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Williams Syndrome Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
Williams syndrome, sensory modulation, sensory processing, children, Short Sensory Profile, adaptive behavior, executive function, behavioral problems, temperament
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Analysis of Variance, Behavior, Child, Child Behavior Disorders, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Language Development, Male, Sensation, Temperament, Discriminant Analysis, Williams Syndrome, Executive Function

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