Profiles of visual perceptual functions in Down syndrome. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wan, Yi-Ting; Chiang, Ching-Sui; Chen, Sharon Chia-Ju; Wang, Chih-Chung; Wuang, Yee-Pay
• Is Part Of: Research in developmental disabilities. Volume 37(2015:Feb.)
• Page Start: 112
• Page End: 118
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Down syndrome -- Visual perception; Developmental disabilities -- Periodicals; Developmentally disabled -- Research -- United States -- Periodicals; Developmentally disabled children -- Education -- Research -- United States -- Periodicals; Developmental Disabilities -- Periodicals; Disabled -- Periodicals; Mental Retardation -- rehabilitation -- Periodicals; Personnes atteintes de troubles du développement -- Recherche -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; Enfants atteints de troubles du développement -- Éducation -- Recherche -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; Développement, Troubles du -- Recherche -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; 616.858800
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.11.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0891-4222

Abstract

Highlights: We examined visual perceptual functions in Down syndrome (DS). DS had deficits in general and specific visual perceptual functions. Visuo-spatial ability seems not to be the relative strength of the cognitive phenotypes in DS compared to other unspecified ID. Abstract: The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the visual perceptual functions measured by the Test of Visual Perceptual Skill-Third Edition (TVPS-3) in Down syndrome (DS). Seventy individuals with DS, seventy with typical development (TD), and forty mental-age-matched participants with intellectual disabilities (ID) were recruited for the assessment session. Significant between-group differences in TVPS-3 were observed between either DS or ID and TD groups. There was no significant difference on TVPS-3 between DS and ID groups. Implications for clinical professionals and recommendations for further research are discussed.