TY - BOOK AU - Landau,Barbara AU - Hoffman,James E. TI - Spatial representation: from gene to mind SN - 9780199979189 (ebook) : AV - RJ506.W44 L36 2012 U1 - 618.928 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York, Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Williams syndrome KW - Cognition disorders N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Despite our impression of a seamless spatial world, mature human spatial knowledge is composed of sub-systems, each specialized. This book uses the case of Williams syndrome to argue for specialization of function in both normal and unusual development. The evidence suggests a speculative hypothesis linking the genetic deficit to changes in the timing of emergence for different sub-systems UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195385373.001.0001 ER -