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Pila-Nemutandani, Refilwe Gloria; Pillay, Basil Joseph; Meyer, Anneke – Early Child Development and Care, 2020
Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent disorder affecting about 5% of children reported to be linked with poor academic, social and occupational outcomes. The aim of the study was to test the visuo-motor performance of children with ADHD. The Design Copying subtest (NEPSY-II) was used to test visuo-motor functions. A total…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Visual Perception, Psychomotor Skills, Children
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Dube, William V.; Farber, Rachel S.; Mueller, Marlana R.; Grant, Eileen; Lorin, Lucy; Deutsch, Curtis K. – American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2016
Stimulus overselectivity refers to maladaptive narrow attending that is a common learning problem among children with intellectual disabilities and frequently associated with autism. The present study contrasted overselectivity among groups of children with autism, Down syndrome, and typical development. The groups with autism and Down syndrome…
Descriptors: Autism, Down Syndrome, Matched Groups, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
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Mesman, Glenn R.; Kibby, Michelle Y. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
The purpose of this study was to compare three variables in terms of how well they predict orthographic functioning. To this end, the authors examined the relative contributions of rapid automatic naming, exposure to print, and visual processing to a composite measure of orthographic functioning in a heterogeneous group of 8- to 12-year-old…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Phonological Awareness, Vocabulary Development, Reading Ability
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Banaschewski, Tobias; Ruppert, Sinje; Tannock, Rosemary; Albrecht, Bjorn; Becker, Andreas; Uebel, Henrik; Sergeant, Joseph A.; Rothenberger, Aribert – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with unexplained impairments on speeded naming of coloured stimuli. These deficits may reflect hypofunctioning retinal dopaminergic mechanisms impairing particularly blue-yellow colour discrimination. Colour perception and rapid colour naming ability were investigated in 14 children…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Color, Visual Perception, Children