Williams syndrome hypersociability: a neuropsychological study of the amygdala and prefrontal cortex hypotheses

Individuals with Williams syndrome display indiscriminate approach towards strangers. Neuroimaging studies conducted so far have linked this social profile to structural and/or functional abnormalities in WS amygdala and prefrontal cortex. In this study, the neuropsychological hypotheses of amygdala...

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Main Author: Capitão, Liliana (author)
Other Authors: Sampaio, Adriana (author), Férnandez, Montse (author), Sousa, Nuno (author), Pinheiro, Ana P. (author), Gonçalves, Óscar F. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Williams syndrome
Neurodevelopment
Hypersociability
Social Sciences
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/11849
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/11849

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