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Guan, Connie Qun; Smolen, Elaine R. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2022
Sensorimotor integration is an unconscious process of the brain incorporating multiple senses and movement. This review aimed to synthesize the literature on the role of visual-motor integration in language learning, whether spoken or signed, for deaf and hard of hearing (D/HH) children. Nineteen peer-reviewed studies published between 1980 and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Sensory Integration, Language Acquisition
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Elliott, Digby; Hansen, Steve; Grierson, Lawrence E. M.; Lyons, James; Bennett, Simon J.; Hayes, Spencer J. – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
This article reviews the behavioral literature on the control of goal-directed aiming and presents a multiple-process model of limb control. The model builds on recent variants of Woodworth's (1899) two-component model of speed-accuracy relations in voluntary movement and incorporates ideas about dynamic online limb control based on prior…
Descriptors: Motor Development, Models, Motor Reactions, Timed Tests
Kleinman, Matthew – 1982
A review of research on the effects of aging on motor performance provided evidence that age-induced changes within the central nervous system, particularly in the functioning of the non-dominant cortical hemisphere, result in diminished fluid abilities. The loss was most clearly manifested behaviorally as a decreased capacity to perform…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Individual Differences, Motor Development
Keller, Eric; Gopnik, Myrna – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1990
Discusses the recent change in direction in neuropsychological and neurolinguistic research from a focus on pathological factors to one that combines pathological and normal factors, the major focus being the motor and sensory processes. An attempt is made to outline the future course of this field. (CFM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Language Processing
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Gunter, Nancy C.; LaBarba, Richard C. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1980
This article provides a literature review on the consequences of adolescent childbearing on postnatal infant development. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Development, Emotional Development
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Wilson, Frank R. – Music Educators Journal, 1991
Explores how the body's biological clock affects the way musicians practice and perform. Delineates questions concerning this phenomenon. Discusses the implications for music teaching and focuses on areas for collaborative research between neurology researchers and music educators. (NL)
Descriptors: Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Human Body