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Maree Flaherty; Jessica Crippa; Irina Sim; Manjushree Bhate; Chian Chiang Nicholas Chow; Deepa Taranath; Glen Gole – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2024
Specific learning disabilities affect the brain's ability to process verbal and non-verbal information efficiently and accurately. The most common learning disability is reading disability which includes dyslexia. Evidence supports that dyslexia is a language-based disorder. The core deficit of dyslexia is the phonological component of language…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties, Perceptual Impairments
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Polatajko, H. J. – Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 1987
Differences in visual-ocular function, particularly optokinetic nystagmus (OKN), were compared with 40 learning disabled and 40 normal children (8-12 years-old). No significant differences were found between groups on the variables tested (refixation saccades, smooth ocular pursuit, spontaneous nystagmus, gaze nystagmus, and OKN). (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Learning Disabilities, Ophthalmology, Preadolescents