Neuropsychological Function of Normal Boys, Delinquent Boys, and Boys with Learning Problems

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Abstract
Two studies comparing the sensorimotor function and cognitive styles of normal boys, juvenile delinquents, and boys with learning disabilities are reported. The two clinical groups performed significantly poorer on the Lincoln-Oseretsky Test of Motor Development than normal boys and had particular difficulties on items of the test requiring rhythmical repetition. In a second study, the sequencing skills of normal boys and matched delinquents were compared. Delinquent boys did consistently more poorly on tasks of sensorimotor and symbolic sequencing than normals; tests of spatial ability did not discriminate the groups. Results are discussed in terms of implications for the functional analysis of behavior disturbances.

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