Oculomotor Patterns in Children with Poor Reading Abilities Measured Using the Development Eye Movement Test
Danjela Ibrahimi,
Marcos Aviles,
Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz
Abstract:Objectives: The main purpose of this work was to clinically assess the oculomotricity of one hundred Mexican children with poor reading skills but without any specific learning disorder. Methods: The D.E.M. psychometric test was used. Sex and age analyses of the ratio, type, horizontal and vertical performance, and errors were carried out. Results: Our data suggest that 84% of poor readers exhibit oculomotor difficulties. Sex did not significantly influence the results (p > 0.05), whereas age was associated… Show more
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