Thomas L Griffiths, Joshua B Tenenbaum
From mere coincidences to meaningful discoveries
Cognition
language studies populations rare genetic disorders limited hence little data commonly found expected developmental linguistic traits cognitive mechanisms may impaired based hypothesis close connection language cognition relevance specific genetic changes development goal provide linguistic data relationships executive functioning mechanisms study assessed language skills communicative behaviors executive functions four children aged 79 years rare genetic disorders using standardized protocols tests findings revealed different levels language impairment executive functioning problems case overall executive function index performance four cases studied clinically significantly high indicating executive dysfunction cases analyzed illustrate different types atypical development affect language cognitive mechanisms underscore importance executive skills various ways involved diverse levels language might affected greater lesser degree rare genetic disorders conclusion found language dysfunction salient feature rare genetic disorders included study although necessarily true genetic disorders along conclusive results performed qualitative analysis linguistic cognitive components enable functional communication order allow optimal interpretation data collected laying foundations effective therapeutic approach