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NEUROREPORT
Volume 14, Issue 14, Pages 1773-1777Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200310060-00003
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ERP; genetic disorder; Kanizsa; NI; subjective figure; Williams syndrome
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Williams syndrome is a genetic disorder in which visuo-spatial performance is poor. Theorists have claimed that the deficit lies in high-level processing, leaving low-level visual processes intact. We investigated this claim by examining an aspect of low-level processing, perceptual completion, i.e. the ability of this clinical group to perceive illusory Kanizsa squares. We then used event-related potentials to examine neural correlates of perceptual completion. While participants were able to perceive illusory contours, the neural correlates of this apparently normal perception were different from controls. Such differences in low-level visual processes may significantly impact on the development of higher-level visual processes. We conclude that, contrary to earlier claims, there is atypical neural processing during low-level visual perception in Williams syndrome.
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