R-technique factor analysis was used to correlate results of sensorimotor, psycholinguistic and cognitive tests given to California children with learning disabilities. Results show not all children with specific neural disorders perform poorly on related tests where low scores would be expected. (PD)

Results of an experiment in which two speech sounds were presented simultaneously to the two ears in normal and unilaterally brain-damaged subjects suggest a role for the nondominant cerebral hemisphere in processing and/or storage of competing speech stimuli. (KW)

Provides a short summary of the research being done on the subject of drug therapy with children having learning disabilities, pointing out the advantages and the dangers in such therapy. (RW)

Underachievers are defined merely in terms of the discrepancy between their predicted and earned grades. So classified, this article contends, the groups are too heterogenous to be psychologically meaningful. Different types of achievers and underachievers need to be identified and different educational climates need to be studied, if the concept…

Paper presented to the Annual Conference of the Saskatchewan Federation, Council of Exceptional Children (11th, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, October 24-25, 1968).