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2003

University of Windsor

Behavioral.

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Relative Stability Of The Neuropsychological Profiles Of Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities (Nvld) And Basic Phonological Processing Disabilities (Bppd) From Middle Childhood To Early Adolescence., Nikhil S. Koushik Jan 2003

Relative Stability Of The Neuropsychological Profiles Of Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities (Nvld) And Basic Phonological Processing Disabilities (Bppd) From Middle Childhood To Early Adolescence., Nikhil S. Koushik

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The present study is a longitudinal comparison of relative neuropsychological assets and deficits for young and older children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities (NLD) and Basic Phonological Processing Disabilities (BPPD). The sample for the investigation was comprised of clinic-referred children who had been diagnosed with either NLD or BPPD by an experienced clinical neuropsychologist. A total of 18 children, nine in each of the NLD and BPPD groups were selected. The children were between 7 and 8 years of age at first testing, and 9 and 14 years of age at second testing, inclusive. The NLD and BPPD groups were compared …


Imagery Use In Dependent And Non-Dependent Male Weight Lifters., Arvin J. Kim Jan 2003

Imagery Use In Dependent And Non-Dependent Male Weight Lifters., Arvin J. Kim

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Exercise addiction has been referred to in the literature as exercise dependence (Frederick & Morrison, 1996), compulsive exercise (Diekhoff, 1984), and obligatory exercise (Thompson & Pasman, 1991). Hall (1995) originally proposed that imagery might be linked to exercise addiction. Based on Hall's proposal, Rodgers, Hall, Blanchard, and Munroe (2001) examined the use of imagery by obligatory exercisers involved in a variety of activities. Results indicated that energy imagery and technique imagery, when combined, accounted for approximately 20% of the variance in exercise dependence. Sport imagery research has found that imagery use differs from sport to sport (Munroe, Hall, Simms, & …