A neurological exam was administered in 119 learning-disabled children and 152 controls and a Neuroimmaturity Index (NI) was constructed. Neuroimmaturity decreased significantly with age, and after controlling for age and sex, there was statistically significant differences in NI between the learning-disabled and controls. Patterns of disability…

The findings of this study indicate that development and use of separate standards for height and weight in children of black, white, and yellow skin color should be recommended. (DM)

Research has linked delayed auditory feedback and stuttering to several physiological factors. A review of familial relationship, age, sex, stress, speech characteristics, and sound conduction is presented. A brief integration of the factors and directions for research is presented. (Author/PN)

Physical attractiveness, age, and sex were manipulated to determine their effect on the evaluation of 54 hypothetical applicants' resumes for three different jobs by 60 Master's in Business Administration students. Physical attractiveness favorably influenced the suitability ratings for all jobs; raters' sex and age were not significant but…

Findings of this study indicate that a significant portion of the population surveyed was malnourished or was at high risk of developing nutritional problems. (DM)

A theoretical 18-link model of the human body was designed as a sex-generalized predictor of segmental inertial parameters. Body measurements of 40 male and female subjects from 6 to 35 years of age were used. The results were similar to those reported in other studies and the photogrammetric procedure was found to be facilitative. (Authors/JN)

The purpose of this study was to determine if fine motor performance differences existed between high and low social status males and females. Sixty fourth, fifth, and sixth graders were studied. Both the high and low social status groups had equal numbers of males and females, and each group had the same number of fourth, fifth, and sixth…

Children's abilities to judge "who is older" without using size as a cue were studied. Five-year-olds were better able to discriminate age than four-year-olds but were not equal to adults. No significant sex differences were found. (Author/RD)

This study investigated the relationship between physical performance tests and body fatness in young children, and the extent to which differences in performance between the sexes could be explained by differences in body fatness. Measurements of age, height, weight, skinfold thicknesses, and performance scores on the vertical jump, standing…

Discusses a path analysis of the attitudes of 800 black male and female Americans in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Their attitude toward their skin color is analyzed as a function of their personal orientation toward political and social separation, whereas both their ratings and their orientation are analyzed as a function of their education, age and…

The present study reports ratings of seven body parts as a function of sex, age, and race of child. Subjects were 320 public school children. They were given a sheet of paper with pictures of seven different body parts, and were asked to select from a list of numbers a dollar value for each body part. The instructions suggested that they imagine a…

Research has shown that children use physical features to distinguish among people, and that race can be distinguished by certain features such as skin color and the shape of eyes, nose, and lips. However, L. Hirschfeld (1993, 1994) has argued that children must have the concept of race before they form the race social category and that other…