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| Exceptional Child Research | 2 |
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Peer reviewedAnderson, Robert P.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1973
The attention controls of 30 learning disabled and 30 normal males (8-to 11-years-old) were tested by a vigilance task in which vigilance was defined as ability to detect infrequently occurring signals over a prolonged time period when signals were embedded in a background of regularly occurring events. (Author/GW)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Children, Exceptional Child Research, Hyperactivity
Anderson, Robert P.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1974
Evaluated with 18 learning disabled boys (from 6 to 12 years of age) was the diagnostic potential of a vigilance task to evaluate the effects of medication on attention span and distractibility. (DB)
Descriptors: Attention Span, Children, Diagnostic Tests, Drug Therapy
