The purpose of the effort was to determine the benefits to be derived from the adaptive training technique of automatically adjusting task difficulty as a function of a student skill during early learning of a complex perceptual motor task. A digital computer provided the task dynamics, scoring, and adaptive control of a second-order, two-axis,…

In the series of experiments supported by this grant, some fundamental characteristics of the concept of attention were explored. The first experiments were based upon the assumption that attention is limited and consequently that adult subjects may only be able to perceive a fairly restricted portion of the stimuli available to them at any moment…

The purpose of this research was to determine the effectiveness of the Frostig Developmental Program of Visual Perception in effecting gains in reading readiness scores and perceptual motor ability with kindergarten students and reading achievement scores and perceptual motor ability with grade one students. High, middle and low groups in both…

The basic assumption underlying the assessment of motor learning through mathematical analysis is that motor learning behaves exponentially when described as a function of practice time. It is assumed that motor learning will continuously taper off (minimizing errors) with increased practice and eventually approach as asympote. Although many…

The article points out the importance of deciding what kind of perceptual problem a child has and providing the appropriate kind of perceptual motor program. (CD)

A series of 27 individual three-dimensional, visual-motor tutoring sessions were given to 8 trainable mentally retarded public school children. (BRT)

The relation between sensorimotor attainments and linguistic development in children using referential speech at the single- and two-word utterance levels was examined in 20 normal and 8 language-handicapped young children. (Author)

In the year-long study, 30 retarded children attending a preschool training center were divided into three equal groups given perceptual-motor training, movement training, or no systematic training. (Author/SBH)

Research on the effectiveness of the Doman-Delacato method (which involves motor-sensory stimulation) for brain injured children was reviewed. (Author/SBH)

This study used a set of Piagetian tasks to examine the sensorimotor skills of 40 profoundly retarded institutionalized children ranging in age from 8 to 14 years. (JMB)

Examined the pattern of higher level versus lower level deficits in brain-impaired children compared with normal children. Higher level functions included general neuropsychological functioning and verbal/academic skills; lower level functions included sensory and motor skills. Showed the brain-impaired group to be significantly poorer in each…

Four experiments studied the perception of the unity and boundaries of objects by 88 4-month-old infants who manipulated them out of the visual field. Infants perceived the unity/boundaries of these objects by detecting the motion patterns they themselves produced. Discrimination between motion patterns transferred from touch to vision. (SLD)

Used a set of six measures to analyze both the products and process of spatial grouping in 40 children between the ages of 18 and 42 months. Results confirmed and elaborated on previously established developmental findings for each measure. (SKC)

Investigated preschoolers' understanding of two distance principles: the direct-indirect and the same-plus principle. Children did better on tasks relevant to the principles than on principle-irrelevant tasks. Concluded that even young children conceive of distance as fixed intervals. (SKC)

The position statement of the Council for Learning Disabilities' Board of Trustees opposes the measurement and training of perceptual and perceptual-motor functions as a part of learning disability services and recommends instead that assessment and remediation focus on the primary disorders of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, and…