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» Growth and development - primary reflexes
The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of persistent primary reflexes in the ordinary primary school population and how this related to other cognitive and social factors.
Abstract:
It has been shown that some children with reading difficulties have underlying developmental delay and that this may be related to the persistence of primary reflexes. This study investigated the prevalence of persistent primary reflexes in the ordinary primary school population and how this related to other cognitive and social factors. Three groups of 41 children were drawn from a more...
International Classification:
Growth and development - primary reflexes
Categories:
primary reflexes; cognitive; social factors
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Dyslexia,
Vol: 10 Page: 316-38 November 2004 M. McPhillips; N. Sheehy