Visual feature integration in learning disabled children.
This study examined the ability of 7 learning disabled children to detect and integrate visual features in a complex display. While the learning disabled children performed more poorly over-all than 6 control children, differences between the two groups were most pronounced when subjects were required to conjoin or integrate visual features to make a decision about the presence of a target item. This finding is discussed with reference to automatic and attention-demanding components of visual perception.
Elliott
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McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Hennessey
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D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011932:Reading