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Primary reflex persistence in children with reading difficulties (dyslexia): a cross-sectional studyMartin McPhillips
School of Psychology, Queen s University, Belfast, Ireland
Neuropsychologia 45:748-54. 2007..Furthermore, these findings suggest that dyslexia is not a distinct category of poor reading, and that it may be more valid to term all poor readers as dyslexic irrespective of IQ...- Effects of replicating primary-reflex movements on specific reading difficulties in children: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trialM McPhillips
School of Psychology, Queen s University of Belfast, UK
Lancet 355:537-41. 2000..We investigated the role of persistent primary reflexes (which are closely linked in the earliest months of life to the balance system) in disrupting the development of reading skills... - A commentary on an article published in the February 2003 edition of 'Dyslexia', 'Evaluation of an exercise-based treatment for children with reading difficulties' (Reynolds, Nicolson, & Hambly)M McPhillips
School of Psychology, Queens University, Belfast, BT7 INN, UK
Dyslexia 9:161-3; discussion 167-76. 2003 - Prevalence of persistent primary reflexes and motor problems in children with reading difficultiesM McPhillips
School of Psychology, Queen s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
Dyslexia 10:316-38. 2004..However, while the implications for intervention are discussed, it is stressed that the persistence of primary reflexes cannot be used as a causal model for reading difficulties, including dyslexia... - The effect of social disadvantage on motor development in young children: a comparative studyMartin McPhillips
School of Psychology, Queen s University, Belfast, N Ireland
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:1214-22. 2007..In addition, we explored a possible link between an early neuromotor indicator and attainments in language, and reading... - The effect of month of birth on the attainments of primary and secondary school pupilsMartin McPhillips
School of Psychology, Queen s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Br J Educ Psychol 79:419-38. 2009..In Northern Ireland the school year divides the summer season into two providing an opportunity to evaluate the relative contribution of season of birth and age-position effects... - Motor skill deficits in children with partial hearingNuala Livingstone
Institute of Child Care Research, Queen s University, Belfast, UK
Dev Med Child Neurol 53:836-42. 2011..We examined the effect of partial hearing, including cochlear implantation, on the development of motor skills in children (aged 6-12y)...