【Objective】 To investigate cognitive style and behaviour problems in children with nonverbal learning disabilities and to explore the infective factors of nonverbal learning disabilities(NLD). 【Methods】 31 cases of NLD children and 24 cases of verbal learning disabilities(VLD) children who met the ICD-10 and DSM-III criteria and 40 cases of matched children were enrolled. All of them were examined with embedded figures test(EFT), rod-and-frame test(RFT), and Achenbach Child Behavior Check-List(CBCL). The data were analyzed with one way ANOV and multiple comparisons. 【Results】 All parts of EFT scores in NLD children(3.41±1.82,11.38±10.31,3.62±8.07,18.41±17.47) were significant less than matched children(5.03±1.80,27.00±17.56,13.83±14.22,45.84±31.65,P<0.01), otherwise only total scores in VLD children(30.35±28.98) less than matched children(45.84±31.65,P<0.05). RFT showed that NLD children(4.29°±2.41°) tend to make larger errors of absolute angular misalignment than matched children(3.08°±1.23°) and VLD children(3.31°±1.38°,P<0.05), but there was no significant different between VLD and matched children(P>0.05). The severity of behavior problem presented in NLD children were more than VLD children and matched children. 【Conclusions】 Performance on EFT and RFT indicated that NLD children are likely field dependent than VLD and matched children.