Neurological status of language-impaired and normal children.
The performance on a neurological test battery of 33 language-impaired children who had no gross neurological findings and 37 normal children controlled for age, performance IQ, and socioeconomic status was compared. The language-impaired group was distinguished by less efficient performance in a number of areas, particularly in tasks involving involving rate of movement, perception of dichhaptic stimuli, and left-right identification. Discriminant function analysis identified six variables that correctly classified 87% of the population into their respective normal and language-impaired groups.
D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis