SALT LAKE CITY, UT – April 21, 2010 – Although genetics is the most significant known determinant of human intelligence, how specific genes affect intelligence remains largely unknown. A ...

A new Tel Aviv University study finds that gene deletion or deficiency in neurons is responsible for the abnormal hypersocial behavior associated with Williams syndrome (WS), a rare disorder affecting ...

A new Tel Aviv University study finds that gene deletion or deficiency in neurons is responsible for the abnormal hypersocial behavior associated with Williams syndrome (WS), a rare disorder affecting ...

Researchers from the University of California San Diego have developed a neurodevelopmental model of a rare genetic disorder that could help shed light on the workings of the human social brain.

Charlie is thirteen. He has Williams syndrome (WS). When either his mother's egg or his father's sperm were forming, about 20 genes were dropped from chromosome seven. Those 20 might not seem like ...

Williams syndrome is a genetic condition that is characterized by medical problems, including cardiovascular disease, developmental delays and learning disabilities. These occur side by side with ...

In Brain Sense, I wrote about a boy I called Charlie Betz. Charlie is thirteen. He has Williams syndrome (WS). Some time when either his mother's egg or his father's sperm was forming, about twenty ...

You may have met someone – a child or adult – who was instantly friendly and inquisitive. But soon after, you felt this extrovert's interaction may have crossed normal social boundaries. It's possible ...

Although genetics is the most significant known determinant of human intelligence, how specific genes affect intelligence remains largely unknown. Researchers have now found that the brain gene STX1A ...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – April 21, 2010 – Although genetics is the most significant known determinant of human intelligence, how specific genes affect intelligence remains largely unknown. A ...