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Human figure drawing ability and vestibular processing dysfunction in learning‐disabled children
Author(s) -
Ottenbacher Kenneth,
Haley Donna,
Abbott Carmen,
Watson Paul J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198407)40:4<1084::aid-jclp2270400439>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - psychology , vestibular system , cognition , developmental psychology , perception , learning disability , audiology , cognitive psychology , intelligence quotient , assertion , learning disabled , variance (accounting) , affect (linguistics) , communication , neuroscience , medicine , accounting , computer science , business , programming language
Explored the relationship between vestibular function as measured by duration of postrotary nystagmus and human figure drawing ability in 40 children labeled as learning disabled. Regression analysis revealed that the variable of chronological age shared the most variance with human figure drawing scores. Postrotary nystagmus durations also shared a significant amount of variance with human figure drawing scores, while the variables of IQ and sex were nonsignificant. The results provide additional support for the assertion that some learning‐disabled children evidence deficts in vestibular processing ability and that these deficits may affect performance on cognitive‐perceptual tasks.