She and Gerken, professor of psychology and cognitive science, will investigate whether a child’s slower learning of sequential patterns is linked to DLD. Research from Goffman’s lab has shown that these children have broader learning difficulties that also affect cognition and motor skills. Learning sound patterns in words and grammar in sentences requires complex rules that are particularly challenging for children with DLD,” Goffman said. Our earlier work involves motor skill learning; deficits are cross-domain and include motor components. “Our earlier work involves motor skill learning; deficits are cross-domain and include motor components.