Styles of Exploration in Control, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity and Learning Disabled Children
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Vol. 19 (6), 351-353
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002221948601900609
Abstract
Previous research has reported that learning disabled (LD) and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD-H) children habituate more rapidly to a stimulus than do control children. The information that was encoded in the habituation task was assessed in the present study. Although the results indicated that LD and ADD-H children habituate more rapidly, they also encode fewer aspects of the stimulus field. The limited encoding skills of these children were attributed to the attention difficulties associated with these disorders.Keywords
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