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Quay, Lorene C.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities

Richards, Gail P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
Sustained and selective attention among 30 fourth- through sixth-graders with learning disabilities (LD) and 20 controls was compared. Results indicated that LD students are less able to narrow their attention and also have slower information-processing skills, despite similar ability between groups for sustaining attention and inhibiting…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Span, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis

Korkman, Marit; Pesonen, Aino-Elina – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Comparison of eight-year-old children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (n=21), learning disorder (LD) (n=12), or both (n=27) on neuropsychological measures found that ADHD children were impaired in control and inhibition of impulses; children with LD in phonological awareness, verbal memory span, storytelling, and verbal IQ;…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis