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Empathy in Williams Syndrome: Clues from Typical and Atypical Deletion of 7q11.23

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Acknowledgements

We thank laboratory assistants, Michelle DeWitt and Casey O’Loughlin, for their time and assistance in data collection. We are grateful to the participants and their families, as well as the support of the Williams Syndrome Association for their ongoing support in our research projects.

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This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health [NICHD 0331133, NINDS 22343] and the Oak Tree Philanthropic Foundation awarded to the third author at the time the project was conducted.

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  1. Neuropsychology Section in Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, 2101 Commonwealth Blvd. Suite C, Ann Arbor, MI, 55455, USA

    Rowena Ng

  2. Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA

    Patricia Fillet & Ursula Bellugi

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Ng, R., Fillet, P. & Bellugi, U. Empathy in Williams Syndrome: Clues from Typical and Atypical Deletion of 7q11.23. Adv Neurodev Disord 4, 97–101 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-019-00128-8

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