Perceptual and Motor
Skills, 1976,42, 397-398. @ Perceptual and Motor Skills 1976
LEARNING DISABILITIES AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT ROBERT M. BROOK Marillac School (Kanscrs City, Missouri) Summary.-The relation of damage to the central nervous system to learning disabilities remains a continuing issue. This study explored how learning disabled children fare o n the Visual Retention Test. Analysis of correct scores and errors for the 24 children responding to Administration A would ordinarily suggest a primary relationship ( I = 2.60, p .02; t = 4.01, fi .001, respectively). However, since extensive medical and case history material yielded no evidence of cerebral injury or disease and since the impact of short-term memory (Administration D ) led to no further performance decrement ( t 1.00), additional research must determine a more precise understanding of perceptual dysfunction and the role of short-term memory in regard ro learning disabilities.
Skills, 1976,42, 397-398. @ Perceptual and Motor Skills 1976
LEARNING DISABILITIES AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INVOLVEMENT ROBERT M. BROOK Marillac School (Kanscrs City, Missouri) Summary.-The relation of damage to the central nervous system to learning disabilities remains a continuing issue. This study explored how learning disabled children fare o n the Visual Retention Test. Analysis of correct scores and errors for the 24 children responding to Administration A would ordinarily suggest a primary relationship ( I = 2.60, p .02; t = 4.01, fi .001, respectively). However, since extensive medical and case history material yielded no evidence of cerebral injury or disease and since the impact of short-term memory (Administration D ) led to no further performance decrement ( t 1.00), additional research must determine a more precise understanding of perceptual dysfunction and the role of short-term memory in regard ro learning disabilities.
