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Bloom, Elana; Heath, Nancy – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
Children with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD) have been found to be worse at recognizing facial expressions than children with verbal learning disabilities (LD) and without LD. However, little research has been done with adolescents. In addition, expressing and understanding facial expressions is yet to be studied among adolescents with LD…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Recognition (Psychology), Learning Disabilities, Verbal Learning
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Humphries, Tom; Cardy, Janis O.; Worling, David E.; Peets, Kathleen – Brain and Cognition, 2004
Nonverbal learning disabilities (NLD) are characterized by weaknesses in narrative discourse. Thirty-three children (M age=11.7 years), 15 girls and 18 boys, listened to stories to evaluate their narrative comprehension and retelling abilities. Children with NLD (n=11) performed as poorly as children with verbal impairment (n=10) on all narrative…
Descriptors: Inferences, Nonverbal Learning, Learning Disabilities, Comprehension