The impact of the Williams Syndrome mutations on neural organization and brain function: A window into social cognition

This collaborative research consists of five interrelated projects involving detailed analysis of the genetic deletions, refinement of the cognitive phenotype(s) found with Williams Syndrome, related brain-imaging studies, and the development and study of animal models of the syndrome. The six investigators will meet several times each year to share data and modify experimental plans so that data obtained from the different levels of analysis - genetic, neurobiological, cognitive, and behavioral - will constrain and inform the overall interpretation.