Verbal skills, finger tapping, and cognitive tempo define a second-order-factor of temporal information processing

Author(s): Barratt, E. S.

Journal/Book: Brain Cognition. 1996; 31: 525B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, CA 92101-4495. Academic Press Inc Jnl-Comp Subscriptions. 35-45.

Abstract: Adolescents with academic and social problems are often characterized as impulsive, having poor verbal skills, and having poor motor coordination. Language and skilled movements have long been hypothesized to share a common neural basis. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that verbal skills, fine motor tasks that require a continuous sequential response, and cognitive tempo (impulsiveness, time judgment) would interrelate to define a higher-order dimension of ''temporal information processing.'' Subjects were 155 males of high school age. The results confirmed the basic hypothesis. (%O Article ES Barratt, Univ Texas, Med Branch, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, 301 Univ, Galveston, TX 77555 USA

Keyword(s): FAMILIAR FIGURES TEST; REFLECTION-IMPULSIVITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA; HIGH-RISK; LANGUAGE; MISGIVINGS; CHILDREN; BEHAVIOR; DISORDER; SPEECH

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