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Peer reviewedWimmer, Heinz; Mayringer, Heinz; Raberger, Thomas – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
A study of 30 Austrian children with dyslexia (grades 2-4) found that poor dual-task balancing was limited to children with higher attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ratings and that children with dyslexia without higher ADHD performed as well on dual-task balancing as age-matched control children. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Child Behavior, Dyslexia
Culbert, James P. – 1982
A study was conducted to determine if attentional difficulties would be found in reading disabled children and to discover if increasing the complexity of a task would result in a relative decrease in the performance of the children. Twelve dyslexic boys, aged eight and nine, and 12 normal subjects similar in age and IQ participated in the study.…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Computer Assisted Testing, Dyslexia, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHeiervang, Einar; Hugdahl, Kenneth – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2003
A cue-target visual attention task was administered to 25 children (ages 10-12) with dyslexia. Results showed a general pattern of slower responses in the children with dyslexia compared to controls. Subjects also had longer reaction times in the short and long cue-target interval conditions (covert and overt shift of attention). (Contains…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Attention Deficit Disorders, Attention Span, Computer Assisted Testing
