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Posner, Michael I. – 1987
While neuropsychology relates the neural structures damaged in traumatic brain injury with their cognitive functions in daily life, this report reviews evidence that elementary operations of cognition as defined by cognitive studies are the level at which the brain localizes its computations. Orienting of visual attention is used as a model task.…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Brain, Medical Research
Denhoff, Eric – Rehabilitation Literature, 1974
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Services, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities
Cahn, Lorynne; Hodges, Joan – Academic Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Child Development, Exceptional Child Services, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
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Loney, Jan; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Discipline, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research
Fuller, Gerald B.; Hawkins, William F. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (92d, Boston, Massachusetts, May, 1968).
Descriptors: Age Differences, Clinical Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research, Institutionalized Persons
MCGAHAN, F.E.
THE PROTOCOL FOR THE INCLUSION OF THE PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED AND/OR MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED CHILD IN THE GALENA PARK SCHOOLS IS HEREIN DESCRIBED. SUCH CHILDREN USUALLY BEHAVE WITH A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF HYPERACTIVITY, DISSOCIATION, AND HAVE A SHORT ATTENTION SPAN. SPECIFIC DATA (INCLUDING MEDICAL HISTORY, PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS RESULTS, SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Identification, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Perceptual Handicaps
POLLACK, MAX – 1967
A GROUP OF ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT HOSPITALIZED PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS (10 MALES AND TWO FEMALES) PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED AS HAVING SCHIZOPHRENIC OR PERSONALITY DISORDERS WERE REDIAGNOSED AS HAVING CHRONIC BRAIN SYNDROME. DEVELOPMENTAL DEVIANCY, BEHAVIOR DISORDERS STARTING IN CHILDHOOD, AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST PERFORMANCES WERE COMPATIBLE WITH AN…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Development, Individual Development
PERRY, HAROLD W.
AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM STUDIED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NEW METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND TEACHING PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISORDERS. SUBJECTS WERE SELECTED BY THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA--SPECIFIC LEARNING DEFICITS, PERCEPTUAL DEFICITS, GENERAL COORDINATION DEFICITS, HYPERKINESIS, IMPULSIVITY, EMOTIONAL LIBILITY, SHORT…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Perception
Krippner, Stanley – 1969
Developmental and post-traumatic dyslexia are discussed in terms of a dysfunction of the central nervous system resulting in reading disabilities. The relationship of reading to other language functions is considered, with emphasis on the temporal aspects of speech and reading. An interdisciplinary approach is held necessary for the diagnosis of…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Dyslexia, Lateral Dominance
Arena, John I., Ed. – 1970
Compiled are selected papers on learning disabilities from the Seventh Annual International Conference of the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 12-14, 1970). Included in the collection are two keynote addresses, two papers concerning parents, three reports on evaluation and five dealing with…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Conference Reports, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities
Irvine, Paul; Plumpton, Russell A. – 1970
The study involved the development of an experimental vocational education program for emotionally disturbed and brain-injured adolescents in a public school. Subjects were 29 boys, ages 14-21 years, enrolled in special classes for the emotionally disturbed and brain-injured. The program embodied three levels of training: prevocational…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Neurological Impairments
Brannigan, Gary G.; Young, Robert G. – Academic Therapy, 1978
The case study of a 13-year-old boy with minimal brain dysfunction illustrates the use of a social skills training program which concentrated on rebuilding a damaged self image by identifying maladaptive behaviors and providing alternatives. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Case Studies, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Disabilities
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Arnold, L. Eugene; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
The differential effect of amphetamine optical isomers on Bender Gestalt performance was examined in 31 hyperkinetic minimally brain dysfunctioned children between the ages of 4 and 12 years, using a double-blind Latin-square crossover comparison. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior, Children, Drug Therapy, Exceptional Child Research
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McClain, Anita – Journal of Optometric Education, 1987
Mind mapping, which challenges the right side of the brain, is recommended as a technique for designing classroom work and stimulating more effective and efficient comprehension. (MSE)
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Classroom Techniques, Course Organization, Curriculum Development
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Malone, Molly A.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1988
Effects of stimulant medication on word processing were assessed in 31 attention-deficit-disordered children (ages 6-16). Results suggested that methylphenidate may selectively improve the phonological level of word processing, and that favorable effects are produced through inhibition of excessive right hemisphere activity in response to task…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Cognitive Processes
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