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Bezdjian, Serena; Tuvblad, Catherine; Wang, Pan; Raine, Adrian; Baker, Laura A. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
In the present study, we investigated genetic and environmental effects on motor impulsivity from childhood to late adolescence using a longitudinal sample of twins from ages 9 to 18 years. Motor impulsivity was assessed using errors of commission (no-go errors) in a visual go/no-go task at 4 time points: ages 9-10, 11-13, 14-15, and 16-18 years.…
Descriptors: Genetics, Environmental Influences, Twins, Children
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Sumner, Emma; Connelly, Vincent; Barnett, Anna L. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Current models of writing do not sufficiently address the complex relationship between the 2 transcription skills: spelling and handwriting. For children with dyslexia and beginning writers, it is conceivable that spelling ability will influence rate of handwriting production. Our aim in this study was to examine execution speed and temporal…
Descriptors: Spelling, Handwriting, Children, Dyslexia
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Daderman, Anna M.; Meurling, Ann Wirsen; Levander, Sten – Dyslexia, 2012
Previous neuropsychiatric studies suggest a relationship between reading disability and cognitive impulsivity. This relationship is not entirely explained by the high comorbidity between reading disability and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as children with a co-occurrence of these disorders tend to be more impulsive than those…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Risk, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Persuasive Discourse