An approach to neurological study in children with learning disabilities is presented in which specialized measures of brain functioning are related to specific learning processes. Brain responses to stimuli in children with difficulty processing those stimuli were compared to responses of normal children. The latencies of the response components were significantly longer in the children with learning disabilities. Amplitudes of some components were significantly larger. These results suggest the possible nature of the neurological differences in children with learning disabilities and offer approaches to remediation.
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