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Su, Chwen-Yng; Lin, Yueh-Hsien; Wu, Yuh-Yih; Chen, Ching-Chiang – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Few studies have specifically investigated the cognitive correlates of employment for persons with mental retardation. To evaluate the relationship of cognitive and adaptive functioning to work status, 56 competitively employed and 55 unemployed individuals with mental retardation underwent a comprehensive neuropsychological and adaptive…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Visual Perception, Adjustment (to Environment), Cognitive Ability
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Semrud-Clikeman, Margaret – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
This review surveys the empirical literature for assessments of learning problems in children from a neuropsychological perspective. An evaluation of children with learning problems must consider measures of working memory, attention, executive function, and comprehension (listening and written), particularly for children who do not respond to…
Descriptors: Responses, Intervention, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities
Meadowcroft, Jeanne M.; Reeves, Byron – 1985
The influence of story schema development on children's attention to television and memory of program content was examined in a study that involved two separate testing sessions. The expectation was that maximum effort would be given to program elements most central to comprehension of a television story and that this allocation strategy would be…
Descriptors: Attention Span, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis