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Visual-Motor Tracking by Hyperkinetic Children.

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Conners, C. Keith; Delamater, Alan – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1980

Two studies of a visual-motor tracking task purported to effectively discriminate subtypes of minimal brain dysfunction are presented. Subjects were psychiatric inpatients, hyperactive males, and normal controls. The tracking task was found to be a useful measure of stimulant drug action but not of specific hyperkinetic defects. (Author/SJL)

Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Tests, Drug Therapy, Eye Hand Coordination

Cognitive Improvement Associated with Tricyclic Antidepressant Treatment of Childhood Major Depressive Illness.

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Staton, R. Dennis; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981

Describes the results of detailed neuropsychological testing done before and during drug-induced remission of depressive illness in 11 children (ages 6-13 years), demonstrating significant improvement in cognitive function, especially that of the right hemisphere and frontal lobes. (Author/SJL)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Ability, Depression (Psychology)