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Interpretation of Facial Expressions of Affect in Children with Learning Disabilities with Verbal or Nonverbal Deficits

Lilly Dimitrovsky, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. Her research interests include learning disabilities, the transition to parenthood, and child development. Address: Lilly Dimitrovsky, Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel.

Hedva Spector, MA

Hedva Spector, MA, is a graduate student at Bar-Ilan University. Her research interests include learning disabilities and evaluation.

Rachel Levy-Shiff, PhD

Rachel Levy-Shiff, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at Bar-Ilan University. Her research interests are child development, developmental psychopathology, and family relations.

Eli Vakil, PhD

Eli Vakil, PhD, is a senior lecturer of psychology at Bar-Ilan University. His research interests are learning, memory, and amnesia.

The ability to identify facial expressions of happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, fear, and disgust was studied in 48 nondisabled children and 76 children with learning disabilities aged 9 through 12. On the basis of their performance on the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test and the Benton Visual Retention Test, the LD group was divided into three subgroups: those with verbal deficits (VD), nonverbal deficits (NVD), and both verbal and nonverbal.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 31, No. 3, 286-292 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949803100308


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