Intelligence

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Relations between the motor and cognitive dimensions of preschool girls and boys.

The aim of this study was to compare relations between latent motor dimensions and cognitive abilities of preschool boys and girls (N=665, age: 5 to 6 years). The psychological part of the testing was implemented with the Test Razkol. For the assessment ...
Jurij Planinsec (Percept Mot Skills, 200204)
relations-motor-cognitive-dimensions-preschool-girls-boys.asp

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Lack of cooperation in pediatric dentistry--the role of child personality characteristics.

PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate fear, temperament, behavioral symptoms and verbal intelligence in a study group of uncooperative child dental patients, partly in comparison with a reference group of ordinary child dental patients. A second aim ...
Kristina Arnrup, Anders G Broberg, Ulf Berggren, Lennart Bodin (Pediatr Dent, 200203-04)
lack-cooperation-pediatric-dentistry-role-child-personality.asp

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Development of quantitative reasoning and gender biases.

One hundred twenty-seven 7-, 9-, and 11-year-old children were presented large or small samples of own-gender enhancing or other-gender enhancing observations. Children read arguments based on the observations, rated argument intelligence, judged the ...
Paul A Klaczynski, Alka Aneja (Dev Psychol, 200203)
development-quantitative-reasoning-gender-biases.asp

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Well- and ill-defined measures of everyday cognition: relationship to older adults intellectual ability and functional status.

The present study examined 2 approaches to the measurement of everyday cognition in older adults. Measures differing in the degree of structure offered for solving problems in the domains of medication use, financial management, and food preparation and ...
Jason C Allaire, Michael Marsiske (Psychol Aging, 200203)
well-ill-defined-measures-everyday-cognition-relationship-older.asp

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Effects of IQ on executive function measures in children with ADHD.

The present study compared children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and controls on a selected set of clinical measures of executive function (EF). A total of 92 children (51 ADHD, 41 control), ages 6-16, completed measures chosen ...
E Mark Mahone, Kathleen M Hagelthorn, Laurie E Cutting, Linda J Schuerholz, Shelley F Pelletier, Christine Rawlins, Harvey S Singer, Martha B Denckla (Neuropsychol Dev Cogn Sect C Child Neuropsychol, 200203)
effects-iq-executive-function-measures-children-adhd.asp

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Examination of affective, cognitive, and behavioral factors and suicide-related outcomes in children and young adolescents.

Examined the role of affective, cognitive, and behavioral factors in the occurrence of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and suicidal intent in child and young adolescent (N = 175, ages 6 to 13 years) psychiatric inpatients. The results indicated that ...
Matthew K Nock, Alan E Kazdin (J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol, 200203)
examination-affective-cognitive-behavioral-factors-suicide-related.asp

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Parents think their sons are brighter than their daughters: sex differences in parental self-estimations and estimations of their childrens multiple intelligences.

In this study, 156 participants, predominantly White British adults (M age = 44.3 years) rated themselves on overall IQ and on H. Gardners (1983) 7 intelligence subtypes. Parents (n = 120) also estimated the intelligence of their children. Mens ...
Adrian Furnham, Emma Reeves, Salima Budhani (J Genet Psychol, 200203)
parents-think-sons-brighter-daughters-sex-differences-parental-self.asp

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Activity in older adults: cause or consequence of cognitive functioning? A longitudinal study on everyday activities and cognitive performance in older adults.

The impact of three types of everyday activities (i.e., social, experiential, and developmental) on four cognitive functions (i.e., immediate recall, learning, fluid intelligence, and information-processing speed) and one global indicator of cognitive ...
Marja J Aartsen, Carolien H M Smits, Theo van Tilburg, Kees C P M Knipscheer, Dorly J H Deeg (J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 200203)
activity-older-adults-cause-or-consequence-cognitive-functioning.asp

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Changes in explicit memory associated with early dementia in adults with Downs syndrome.

BACKGROUND: A modified version of the Selective Reminding Test (SRT) (Buschke 1973) was used to examine the changes in memory that occur with early-stage dementia of the Alzheimers type (DAT) in adults with intellectual disability (ID) and Downs syndrome ...
S J Krinsky-McHale, D A Devenny, W P Silverman (J Intellect Disabil Res, 200203)
changes-explicit-memory-associated-early-dementia-adults-down-s.asp

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Factor and subtest discrepancies on the differential ability scales: examining prevalence and validity in predicting academic achievement.

Past literature has largely ignored the population frequency of multivariate factor and subtest score discrepancies. Another limitation has been that statistical models imperfectly model the clinical assessment process, whereby significant discrepancies ...
Shoshana Y Kahana, Eric A Youngstrom, Joseph J Glutting (Assessment, 200203)
factor-subtest-discrepancies-differential-ability-scales-examining.asp