To further clarify the nature of sensory integrative dysfunction, 148 public school children (mean age 92.6, mean IQ 96.5) with learning disorders were first given a battery of sensorimotor, psycholinguistic, and cognitive tests, and factors were extrapolated. The test scores were also employed to generate step-wise regression equations predicting…

The purpose of the project was to gain information with which to improve the quality of tactual maps for the blind. Empirical studies of the pair-comparison type were conducted, using blind students as subjects, to determine discriminable sets of areal, linear, and point symbols made in plastic and to identify discriminable sets of linear and…

Reported were four experiments which investigated the developmental and mental retardation aspects of an initial stage of visual information processing termed iconic memory. The stage was explained to involve processing visual stimuli prior to sensation and through to recognition. In three of the four experiments, the paradigm of visual masking…

State offices of mental retardation were surveyed to determine current methods used to estimate the prevalence of mental retardation. (Author)

Forty-six neglect families were compared to 79 control families in terms of social isolation. (CL)

The ability to understand English words in print was tested in 376 normal and hearing impaired students (ages 10-14 years). (Author/DLS)

Two groups of three autistic children, equated for chronological age (mean=49 months) but differing in IQ and performance MA, were observed for 20-minute sessions to examine the effects of environmental stimuli on stereotypic behavior. (Author/SBH)

The study, involving three autistic and two normal children (5-12 years old), was conducted to replicate the findings of W. Condon on multiple entrainment (double responding) and dyssynchronous (awkward) behavioral organization in autistic children. (Author/SBH)

The relationship between a newborn score of minor physical anomalies and behavior at ages one and two was examined in 63 high anomaly and 78 low anomaly infants. (Author/SBH)

A one-year longitudinal study was conducted of the medical, social, and legal status of 102 abused children identified during 1975. Journal availability: see EC 111 256. (Author)

The reliability of the proposed short form of the Revised Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) was computed on data derived from six-year-old ITPA standardization test booklets (128 Ss). (Author/CL)

Seven hyperactive children in a pilot study, and 15 hyperactive and 15 nonhyperactive control children in a later study, were assessed for salivation to lemon juice stimulation, reactive inhibition on an audio-vigilance task, and visual-motor maze errors. (Author)

For availability, see EC 103 600 Provided is an overview of the programs of each of five research institutes for the study of learning disabilities, located at the following universities: University of Illinois (Chicago), Columbia University (Teachers College), University of Kansas, University of Minnesota, and University of Virginia. (IM)

Stanford-Binet results of 36 gifted children of preschool age were classified into categories according to J. Guilford's Structure-of-Intellect (SI) model. (Author)