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Caeyenberghs, Karen; Leemans, Alexander; Heitger, Marcus H.; Leunissen, Inge; Dhollander, Thijs; Sunaert, Stefan; Dupont, Patrick; Swinnen, Stephan P. – Brain, 2012
Patients with traumatic brain injury show clear impairments in behavioural flexibility and inhibition that often persist beyond the time of injury, affecting independent living and psychosocial functioning. Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies have shown that patients with traumatic brain injury typically show increased and more broadly…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Head Injuries, Patients, Brain
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Nobile, Maria; Perego, Paolo; Piccinini, Luigi; Mani, Elisa; Rossi, Agnese; Bellina, Monica; Molteni, Massimo – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
In order to increase the knowledge of locomotor disturbances in children with autism, and of the mechanism underlying them, the objective of this exploratory study was to reliably and quantitatively evaluate linear gait parameters (spatio-temporal and kinematic parameters), upper body kinematic parameters, walk orientation and smoothness using an…
Descriptors: Evidence, Rehabilitation Programs, Autism, Motion
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Andersson, Ulf; Lyxell, Bjorn – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007
This study examined whether children with mathematical difficulties (MDs) or comorbid mathematical and reading difficulties have a working memory deficit and whether the hypothesized working memory deficit includes the whole working memory system or only specific components. In the study, 31 10-year-olds with MDs and 37 10-year-olds with both…
Descriptors: Memory, Multidimensional Scaling, Reading Difficulties, Mathematics Skills
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Boll, Thomas J.; Reitan, Ralph M. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Intelligence Differences
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Andrew, June M. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1981
Five theories were tested relating to the suspected connection between organic brain dysfunction and poor reading, or dyslexia. Results failed to support the poor lateralization, right hemisphere, global, imbalance theories. Among juvenile offenders, poor reading appears to relate to left-hemisphere dysfunction. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cerebral Dominance, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency
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Boll, Thomas J.; Reitan, Ralph M. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Ability, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Exceptional Child Research
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Reitan, Ralph M. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis, Lateral Dominance, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
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Boll, Thomas J. – Journal of Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
Bortner, Morton; Birch, Herbert G. – J Spec Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Zedler, Empress Y. – 1968
To investigate procedures whereby schools may achieve maximal results with otherwise normal underachieving pupils with neurologically based language-learning disorders, 100 such subjects were studied over a 2-year period. Fifty experimental subjects remained in regular classes in school and received individualized teaching outside of school hours…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Curriculum and Instruction. – 1967
LOCAL FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN ARE COMPARED WITH PROGRAMS OF LIKE SIZE ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. DATA ARE PRESENTED IN THREE TABLES. THE FIRST TABLE RANKS BY TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS 95 OF THE 100 LARGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. ELEVEN OF THE 95 PROGRAMS ARE IN…
Descriptors: Blindness, Comparative Analysis, County School Districts, Deafness