Intelligence Tests

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Performance on tests of frontal lobe function reflect general intellectual ability.

Recent studies have indicated that performance on tests of frontal lobe function are highly associated with general intellectual ability (g). Some authors have even claimed that the available evidence does not support a more specific account of frontal ...
M C Obonsawin, J R Crawford, J Page, P Chalmers, R Cochrane, G Low (Neuropsychologia, 2002)
performance-tests-frontal-lobe-function-reflect-general-intellectual.asp

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The potential economic consequences of cognitive improvement with losartan.

In a clinical trial, treatment of mild-moderate hypertensive patients with losartan (50 mg) increased Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores by 4 points from baseline over a 26-month period, compared with a 1-point increase in patients treated with ...
Linus Jönsson, William Gerth, Johan Fastbom (Blood Press, 2002)
potential-economic-consequences-cognitive-improvement-losartan.asp

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Assessment of neuropsychological function through use of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Testing Automated Battery: performance in 4- to 12-year-old children.

In this article, childrens performance on subtasks from the Cambridge Neuropsychological Testing Automated Battery (CANTAB) is described. Two samples were recruited, one of which included children who spoke English as a second language. Children in this ...
Monica Luciana, Charles A Nelson (Dev Neuropsychol, 2002)
assessment-neuropsychological-function-cambridge-neuropsychological.asp

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Effect of breastfeeding on cognitive development of infants born small for gestational age.

Breastfeeding during infancy appears to result in enhanced cognitive development during childhood, but it is not known whether breastfeeding should be encouraged for infants born small for gestational age (SGA) whose growth might otherwise benefit from ...
M R Rao, M L Hediger, R J Levine, A B Naficy, T Vik (Acta Paediatr, 2002)
effect-breastfeeding-cognitive-development-infants-born-small.asp

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Are planning, working memory, and inhibition associated with individual differences in preschool ADHD symptoms?

The association between executive function (EF; planning, working memory, and inhibition) and individual differences in symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was explored in a sample of preschool children. One hundred sixty children ...
Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke, Lindy Dalen, Dave Daley, Bob Remington (Dev Neuropsychol, 2002)
planning-working-memory-inhibition-associated-individual-differences.asp