Intelligence

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No evidence of a homogeneous frontal neuropsychological profile in a sample of schizophrenic subjects.

The authors obtained a frontal functions profile for 81 schizophrenic patients using six neuropsychological tests that evaluate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex functions, i.e., working memory, executive functions, and strategic performance. They then ...
Orsola Gambini, Arturo Campana, Giacomo Garghentini, Silvio Scarone (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003WINTER)
evidence-homogeneous-frontal-neuropsychological-profile-sample.asp

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IQ stability: the relation between child and young adult intelligence test scores in low-birthweight samples.

The stability of IQ from childhood to adulthood in low-birthweight subjects was measured in two independent samples with follow-up intervals of approximately 14 and 9.5 years. In both samples, intelligence was assessed with the WISC at a mean age of 9.5. ...
Erik Lykke Mortensen, Jente Andresen, Emil Kruuse, Stephanie A Sanders, June Machover Reinisch (Scand J Psychol, 200309)
iq-stability-relation-child-young-adult-intelligence-test-scores-low.asp

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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal reactivity in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

The hypothesis whether subjects with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), who showed under-reactivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to stress, would make more commission errors in attention tasks, was examined. Forty-three ...
Hyun Ju Hong, Dong Won Shin, Eun Ha Lee, Youn Hee Oh, Kyung Sun Noh (Yonsei Med J, 200308)
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-reactivity-boys-attention-deficit.asp

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Juveniles competence to stand trial: a comparison of adolescents and adults capacities as trial defendants.

Abilities associated with adjudicative competence were assessed among 927 adolescents in juvenile detention facilities and community settings. Adolescents abilities were compared to those of 466 young adults in jails and in the community. Participants at ...
Thomas Grisso, Laurence Steinberg, Jennifer Woolard, Elizabeth Cauffman, Elizabeth Scott, Sandra Graham, Fran Lexcen, N Dickon Reppucci, Robert Schwartz (Law Hum Behav, 200308)
juveniles-competence-stand-trial-comparison-adolescents-adults.asp

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A computer-based reading test for use as an index of premorbid general intellectual level in North American English-speaking adults.

Brief tests of vocabulary or reading ability are often used as an index of general intellectual level to hypothesize deficits in patients, to establish comparability of comparison groups, and as a covariate of performance on other neuropsychological ...
Richard Letz, Colleen K DiIorio, Patricia O Shafer, Katherine A Yeager, Thomas R Henry, Donald L Schomer (Neurotoxicology, 200308)
computer-based-reading-test-index-premorbid-general-intellectual.asp

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Lack of association between polymorphisms in angiotensin-converting-enzyme and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genes and normal cognitive ageing in humans.

The hypothesis that polymorphisms at two candidate genes that code for angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) are associated with normal cognitive ageing was tested using a sample (n=536) of healthy ...
Peter M Visscher, Maria Tynan, Martha C Whiteman, Alison Pattie, Ian White, Caroline Hayward, Alan F Wright, John M Starr, Lawrence J Whalley, Ian J Deary (Neurosci Lett, 200308)
lack-association-polymorphisms-angiotensin-converting-enzyme.asp

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Differential effects on cognitive functioning in 13- to 16-year-olds prenatally exposed to cigarettes and marihuana.

Cognitive performance was examined in 145 thirteen- to sixteen-year-old adolescents for whom prenatal exposure to marihuana and cigarettes had been ascertained. The subjects were from a low-risk, predominantly middle-class sample participating in an ...
Peter A Fried, Barbara Watkinson, Robert Gray (Neurotoxicol Teratol, 200307-08)
differential-effects-cognitive-functioning--year-olds-prenatally.asp

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Decision making with the "adaptive toolbox": influence of environmental structure, intelligence, and working memory load.

In 2 experiments with a total of 220 participants, the tendency to use simple heuristics such as the take the best heuristic in an adaptive manner was investigated. In a simulated stock market paradigm, the payoff structure of environments was varied, ...
Arndt Bröder (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200307)
decision-making-adaptive-toolbox-influence-environmental-structure.asp

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A levels and intelligence as predictors of medical careers in UK doctors: 20 year prospective study.

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether A level grades (achievement) and intelligence (ability) predict doctors careers. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study with follow up after 20 years by postal questionnaire. SETTING: A UK medical school in London. PARTICIPANTS: ...
I C McManus, Eleni Smithers, Philippa Partridge, A Keeling, Peter R Fleming (BMJ, 200307)
levels-intelligence-predictors-medical-careers-uk-doctors--year.asp

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Predictors of a childs ability to use a visual analogue scale.

BACKGROUND: Visual analogue scales (VAS) are used to assess the strength of perceptions of both children and adults in many clinical and research settings. Although the VAS has been shown by some authors to be reliable for use by children aged 5 years ...
B J Shields, T M Palermo, J D Powers, S D Grewe, G A Smith (Child Care Health Dev, 200307)
predictors-child-s-ability-visual-analogue-scale.asp