title: Memory processes in learning disability subtypes of children born preterm.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate immediate auditory and visual memory processes in learning disability subtypes of 40 children born preterm. Three subgroups of children were examined: (a) primary language disability group (n = 13), (b) perceptual-motor disability group (n = 14), and (c) no learning disability diagnosis group without identified language or perceptual-motor learning disability (n = 13). Between-group comparisons indicate no significant differences in immediate auditory or visual memory performances between language and perceptual-motor learning disability groups. Within-group comparisons revealed that both learning disability groups performed significantly lower on a task of immediate memory when the mode of stimulus presentation and mode of response were visual.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. mccoyt@healthcare.uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Thomasin E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Conrad
authors.forename: Lynn C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Richman
authors.forename: Peg C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Nopoulos
authors.forename: Edward F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000523:psychology*; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007807:Language Tests; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000145:classification* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D014888:Wechsler Scales