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Cormier, Damien C.; Kennedy, Kathleen E.; Aquilina, Alexandra M. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2016
The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition: Canadian (WISC-V[superscript CDN]; Wechsler, 2014) is published by Pearson Canada Assessment. The WISC-V[superscript CDN] is a norm-referenced, individually administered intelligence battery that provides a comprehensive diagnostic profile of the cognitive strengths and weaknesses of…
Descriptors: Children, Intelligence Tests, Norm Referenced Tests, Cognitive Ability
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Kalbfleisch, M. Layne; Gillmarten, Charles – Roeper Review, 2013
As neuroimaging technologies increase their sensitivity to assess the function of the human brain and results from these studies draw the attention of educators, it becomes paramount to identify misconceptions about what these data illustrate and how these findings might be applied to educational contexts. Some of these "neuromyths" have…
Descriptors: Neurology, Visual Acuity, Spatial Ability, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Fazzi, Elisa; Signorini, Sabrina G.; La Piana, Roberta; Bertone, Chiara; Misefari, Walter; Galli, Jessica; Balottin, Umberto; Bianchi, Paolo Emilio – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2012
Aim: Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is a disorder caused by damage to the retrogeniculate visual pathways. Cerebral palsy (CP) and CVI share a common origin: 60 to 70% of children with CP also have CVI. We set out to describe visual dysfunction in children with CP. A further aim was to establish whether different types of CP are associated with…
Descriptors: Investigations, Visual Impairments, Cerebral Palsy, Psychiatry
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Brown, Richard E.; Wong, Aimee A. – Learning & Memory, 2007
We calculated visual ability in 13 strains of mice (129SI/Sv1mJ, A/J, AKR/J, BALB/cByJ, C3H/HeJ, C57BL/6J, CAST/EiJ, DBA/2J, FVB/NJ, MOLF/EiJ, SJL/J, SM/J, and SPRET/EiJ) on visual detection, pattern discrimination, and visual acuity and tested these and other mice of the same strains in a behavioral test battery that evaluated visuo-spatial…
Descriptors: Memory, Visual Acuity, Memorization, Animals
Jacobsen, Karl; Grottland, Havar; Flaten, Magne Arve – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
Assessment of visual acuity, using Teller Acuity Cards, was combined with observations of behavioral state to indicate central nervous system activation in 24 individuals with mental retardation. Results indicate that forced-choice preferential-looking technique can be used to test visual acuity in this population unless the participant is drowsy.…
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Mental Retardation, Neurology
Park, George E. – J Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Exceptional Child Research, Eyes, Learning Disabilities