Ana Valero-Garcia

• University of La Rioja

Durante el desarrollo del lenguaje, algunos niños encuentran dificultades para articular fonemas o grupos consonánticos, sin que haya una causa neurológica ni orgánica aparente. El tratamiento de estas dificultades ha comprendido técnicas diversas, otorgando poca importancia a las praxias fonoarticulatorias. Estas praxias consisten en la realizació...

Impulsivity is a core personality trait forming part of normal behavior and contributing to adaptive functioning. However, in typically developing children, altered patterns of impulsivity constitute a risk factor for the development of behavioral problems. Since both pathological and non-pathological states are commonly characterized by continuous...

This study validated the four mathematics tests of the Spanish version of the Woodcock-Johnson III (WJ-III) Achievement (ACH) battery for use in the first six grades of school in Spain. Developmental effects and gender differences were also examined. Participants were a normal population sample of 424 (216 boys) children aged 6 to 13 years. Results...

Convergences and divergences in theories that have been a referent in the study of the relations between perception and action, like Piaget's and Gibson's, are discussed. From this traditional view, ulterior interpretations are considered, especially the ones related to the neurologi-cal basis of visual perceptual and action pathways and approaches...

The present study examined 7- to 11-month-old infants' anticipatory and reactive reaching for temporarily occluded objects. Infants were presented with laterally approaching objects that moved at different velocities (10, 20, and 40 cm/s) in different occlusion situations (no-, 20 cm-, and 40 cm-occlusion), resulting in occlusion durations ranging...