Sensorimotor Functions in Brain-Damaged and Normal Children of Early School Age

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Abstract
2 groups, each composed of 29 children ranging in age from 5 to 8 years, were studied. In one group each child had evidence of cerebral damage whereas each child in the other group was functioning normally. The groups were compared with regard to a series of tests of motor functions and a series of tests of tactile-perceptual functions. The results yielded significant differences between the two groups, indicating that both motor functions and tactile-perceptual functions, generally considered, were impaired in association with cerebral damage. Although results were somewhat variable for individual tests, the data permitted classification of 70 to 80% of Ss in their appropriate groups, using the median of combined distributions as the cut-off point.