Extraneous bodily movements and irrelevant vocalizations by dyslexic and non-dyslexic boys during calculation tasks

Extraneous bodily movements and irrelevant vocalizations by dyslexic and non-dyslexic boys during calculation tasks

Thirty dyslexic boys, aged between 9 and 15 years, and 30 age‐matched controls were tested on a series of sums involving division, subtraction and addition. During the testing a record was kept of any bodily movements or verbal utterances (vocalizations) irrelevant to the task in hand. It was found...

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Veröffentlicht in:Dyslexia (Chichester, England) England), 2009-05, Vol.15 (2), p.155-163
Hauptverfasser: Turner Ellis, S. A., Miles, T. R., Wheeler, T. J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Attention
chattering
Child
dyslexia
Dyslexia - diagnosis
Dyslexia - psychology
fidgeting
Humans
Male
Mathematics
Motor Activity
Problem Solving
Reaction Time
Reference Values
Verbal Behavior
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Zusammenfassung:Thirty dyslexic boys, aged between 9 and 15 years, and 30 age‐matched controls were tested on a series of sums involving division, subtraction and addition. During the testing a record was kept of any bodily movements or verbal utterances (vocalizations) irrelevant to the task in hand. It was found that the dyslexics produced many more extraneous bodily movements and many more irrelevant vocalizations than did the controls. Possible reasons for these findings are tentatively suggested. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1076-9242
1099-0909
DOI:10.1002/dys.363