This study was designed to determine whether or not sensory integrative disorders occurred in a child guidance population, to explore the nature of sensory integrative disorders found in such a group, and to ascertain any relationships between certain types of sensory integrative disorders and specific behavioral traits. (Author/JA)

Paper presented in part at the American Psychological Association meeting (Washington, D.C., September 1967), and supported by U.S. Public Health Service Grant MH-10982-01.

This study attempts to assess differences in the three aspects of cognitive complexity--differentiation, discrimination, and integration--as functions of information about and interest in the relevant domain. The two groups of subjects consisted of 20 members of a local sports car club and an equal number from a local garden club. Each group had…

The basic principle of synaesthesia (a sensation produced in one part of the body by a stimulus applied at another part) is described. (BD)

The study concerned the effects of induced interference, employing a backward masking paradigm, on the processing of sensory information and on the formation of perceptual-motor responses in 20 dyslexic and 20 normal children (mean age 8.2 years). (Author/PHR)

The article describes ways in which visual-tactual integration develops in young children and explains reasons for some children's failure. Procedures for teaching basic writing skills such as hand position, grouping of letters, and finally the writing of words are discussed. (CL)

Examples are provided of ways in which gross motor activities are integrated into mathematics, language arts, social studies, art, and music and creative movement concepts for preschool- and primary-age children with special needs. (CL)

Discusses a controlled experiment in which right and left hemisphere activity determines selected emotional responses to visual stimuli. Findings suggest that each hemisphere has a distinct emotional response. Both hemispheres contribute to the individual's perception of the world. (EB)

To explore the role of cross-modal perception in comprehending synesthetic metaphors, subjects read 15 metaphors relating visual and auditory qualities and set the loudness of a tone and the brightness of a light to the levels suggested by each metaphor. A pervasive cross-modal equivalence between loudness and brightness in the subjects' responses…

The study assessed the effectiveness of sensory integrative therapy with 21 grade 1 children predicted to be "at risk" for later reading failure. Following two half-hour therapy sessions per week over 24 weeks, the experimental group performed significantly higher than the control group on measures of reading ability. (Author)

Two management approaches for hyperactive children with tactile defensiveness are described. Systematic desensitization uses sensory integration techniques. Implosion uses restraint and intense tactile stimulation implosively to break through the fear and hyperactive resistance. (JMF)

A review of research since Ayers' (1972) report on sensory integration (SI) concludes that SI is not supported as an effective treatment for academic problems of children with learning disabilities. It is not clear whether SI is more effective than perceptual-motor approaches or maturation alone. (SK)

In two experiments, children aged seven to nine years estimated the interval of time light bulbs illuminated with different intensities remained on. Results indicated that prospective estimates were longer than retrospective estimates and that children gave longer estimates when their attention was distracted from the estimation task than when it…