Freides D, Barbati J, van Kampen-Horowitz L J, Sprehn G, Iversen C, Silver J R, Woodward R
J Autism Dev Disord. 1980 Jun;10(2):159-71. doi: 10.1007/BF02408467.
Motor dysfunctions have been associated with learning disabilities in casual observation and systematic study. However, most prior work has concentrated solely on high-level skills and has been subject to observer bias. In this study, boys with learning disability were blindly compared with paired controls on measures of postural and equilibrium reflexes as well as skills. Learning-disabled children as a group showed significant deficits on all measures; a few, however, were totally without deficit. The implications of these findings for controversies about the role of motor dysfunction in learning disabilities are examined.
在偶然观察和系统研究中，运动功能障碍一直与学习障碍相关联。然而，大多数先前的研究仅专注于高级技能，并且存在观察者偏差。在本研究中，将有学习障碍的男孩与配对的对照组在姿势和平衡反射以及技能测量方面进行了盲法比较。作为一个群体，有学习障碍的儿童在所有测量指标上都表现出明显的缺陷；然而，有少数儿童完全没有缺陷。本文探讨了这些发现对关于运动功能障碍在学习障碍中作用的争议的影响。
