TY - JOUR
T1 - Persistent deficits in motor skill of children with dyslexia
AU - Fawcett, Angela J.
AU - Nicolson, Roderick I.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research reported here was supported by a grant from the Leverhulme Trust to the University of Sheffield. We thank Alan Baddeley and Tim Miles for valuable suggestions for the design of the studies. We acknowledge gratefully the dedicated support of the participants and their parents, and the support of the teachers and pupils at Ecclesall Junior School and Silver-dale Secondary School, Sheffield.
PY - 1995/9/30
Y1 - 1995/9/30
N2 - Three groups of children with dyslexia (mean ages 8, 13, and 17 years) and three groups of normally achieving children matched for age and IQ with the dyslexic groups undertook three tests of motor skill. For peg placing and articulation rate, the children with dyslexia were significantly slower than their chronological age controls, and equivalent to their reading age controls. For bead threading, they were significantly slower than even their reading age controls. The results suggest that children with dyslexia have persistent, and unexpectedly severe, problems in motor skill.
AB - Three groups of children with dyslexia (mean ages 8, 13, and 17 years) and three groups of normally achieving children matched for age and IQ with the dyslexic groups undertook three tests of motor skill. For peg placing and articulation rate, the children with dyslexia were significantly slower than their chronological age controls, and equivalent to their reading age controls. For bead threading, they were significantly slower than even their reading age controls. The results suggest that children with dyslexia have persistent, and unexpectedly severe, problems in motor skill.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Articulation rate
KW - Dyslexia
KW - Motor skills
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U2 - 10.1080/00222895.1995.9941713
DO - 10.1080/00222895.1995.9941713
M3 - Article (journal)
AN - SCOPUS:0028868774
SN - 0022-2895
VL - 27
SP - 235
EP - 240
JO - Journal of Motor Behavior
JF - Journal of Motor Behavior
IS - 3
ER -