Jn. Wolfe, RELATIONS OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONTAL LOBES AND LEARNING-DISORDERS IN CHILDREN, Psychological reports, 79(1), 1996, pp. 323-333
Various cognitive processes associated with the frontal lobes and thei
r influence upon learning and learning disorders in children were inve
stigated. Subjects were 29 7- to 12-yr.-old boys and girls. Analysis o
f variance suggested that, as a group, the learning-disabled children
scored lower on tasks with a high demand for selective attention, abil
ity to inhibit interference, sequential reasoning, and integration and
organization of new information-cognitive functions commonly attribut
ed to the frontal lobes. The relationship of these cognitive functions
to acquisition of basic academic skills is discussed.