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Memory of Specific Learning Disabled Readers Using the California Verbal Learning Test for Children.
Download full textKnee, Kathleen; And Others – 1991
A group of 73 normal children (ages 8 to 10) was compared to 49 age-matched developmentally dyslexic children of average intelligence on the California Verbal Learning Test for Children (CVLT-C), to determine if reading disability was associated with impaired verbal memory. Dyslexics differed significantly from controls on 9 of the 12 CVLT-C…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia, Elementary Education, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedAckerman, Peggy T.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Electroencephalographic (EEG) power spectra were studied in two poor reader groups (dyslexia and slow learning) and a normal reading group with attention deficit disorder (ADD). In correlational analyses, the combination of greater low beta and less theta power significantly predicted better reading and spelling. Results suggest adequate readers…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Cognitive Processes, Dyslexia, Electroencephalography
