Washington DC, [USA] Sep 30 (ANI): Scientists using machine learning - a type of artificial intelligence - with data from hundreds of children who struggle at school, identified clusters of learning difficulties. Researchers from the Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge said that this reinforces the need for children to receive a detailed assessment of their cognitive skills to identify the best type of support. The study recruited 550 children who were referred to a clinic because they were struggling at school. The scientists said that much of the previous research into learning difficulties have focused on children who had already been given a particular diagnosis, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), an autism spectrum disorder, or dyslexia. By including children with all difficulties- regardless of diagnosis-this study better captured the range of difficulties.