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  • 1Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands. j.vandergeest@erasmusmc.nl

Experimental Brain Research
|June 21, 2005
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Patients with Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS) can perceive depth but struggle using it for movement guidance without visual feedback. This suggests WBS motor deficits aren't due to poor distance judgment.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Ophthalmology

Background:

  • Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS) is associated with visuo-motor integration deficits, impacting activities like stair navigation.
  • The underlying cause of these motor challenges in WBS remains unclear, with potential links to visual perception or motor control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether visuo-motor deficits in WBS stem from impaired visual depth perception or difficulties in utilizing depth information for movement guidance.
  • To differentiate between perceptual and motor utilization deficits in WBS patients.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed monocular and binocular visual depth perception in 33 WBS patients and controls.
  • Recorded hand movements towards targets with and without visual feedback of hand position.

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  • Compared performance between WBS patients and a control group.

    • Main Results:

    • WBS patients could perceive depth cues requiring global processing but 49% lacked stereopsis.
    • Without visual feedback, WBS patients overshot target movements on average.
    • Visual feedback restored normal hand movement accuracy in WBS patients.

    Conclusions:

    • WBS patients can derive depth from complex spatial relationships.
    • Impairments in using depth information for movement guidance, particularly without visual feedback, are evident in WBS.
    • Difficulties with tasks like stair descent in WBS are likely not due to an inability to judge distance but rather impaired sensorimotor integration.