Table 4.

Autism and Williams syndrome. A more detailed comparison of the spared and compromised abilities in these two disorders highlights their dissociation.

	Autism	Williams syndrome
Social overtures directed toward others	Decreased	Increased
Eye contact	Decreased	Increased
Social communication	Decreased	Increased
Face recognition	Decreased	Normal
Emotion recognition	Decreased	Mixed findings
Use of communicative gestures	Decreased	Decreased
Joint attention	Decreased	Decreased
Facial expressions	Decreased	Mixed findings
Prosody	Decreased	Increased