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Bellocchi, Stephanie; Muneaux, Mathilde; Bastien-Toniazzo, Mireille; Ducrot, Stephanie – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
Most studies today agree about the link between visual-attention and oculomotor control during reading: attention seems to affect saccadic programming, that is, the position where the eyes land in a word. Moreover, recent studies show that visuo-attentional processes are strictly linked to normal and impaired reading. In particular, a large body…
Descriptors: Human Body, Attention Deficit Disorders, Dyslexia, Comorbidity
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Chapman, Shawna L. Carroll; Wu, Li-Tzy – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Individuals with disabilities are a growing population that confronts multiple disadvantages from social and environmental determinants of health. In particular, the 7-8 million people in the U.S. with an intellectual disability (ID) suffer disproportionately from substance use problems, largely because of a lack of empirical evidence to inform…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Mental Retardation, Prevention, Mental Disorders
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Takeda, Toshinobu; Ambrosini, Paul J.; deBerardinis, Rachel; Elia, Josephine – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Neuropsychiatric comorbidity in ADHD is frequent, impairing and poorly understood. In this report, characteristics of comorbid and comorbid-free ADHD subjects are investigated in an attempt to identify differences that could potentially advance our understanding of risk factors. In a clinically-referred ADHD cohort of 449 youths (ages 6-18), age,…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders, Intelligence Quotient, Psychopathology