The incidence of birth abnormalities, EEG abnormalities, motor clumsiness, and hyperactivity and/or distractibility was investigated in matched groups of reading retarded children with high and low visual perception. As predicted, the incidence of these four factors was significantly higher in Ss of low visual perception than in Ss who were high. The mean reading achievement of the high perceivers was significantly lower than that of the low perceivers.
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