Intelligence Tests

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Intelligence and cognitive function in children and adolescents with spinal muscular atrophy.

Spinal muscular atrophy is a chronic disease characterised by loss of motor function. The aim of the study was to analyse cognitive functions in a large group of patients with spinal muscular atrophy. It was hypothesised that their intelligence is ...
A von Gontard, K Zerres, M Backes, C Laufersweiler-Plass, C Wendland, P Melchers, G Lehmkuhl, S Rudnik-Schöneborn (Neuromuscul Disord, 200202)
intelligence-cognitive-function-children-adolescents-spinal-muscular.asp

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Academic achievement of small-for-gestational-age children at age 10 years.

OBJECTIVES: To provide current information on the academic achievement of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) children at age 10 years, to analyze predictors, and to evaluate the smallness of a newborn as a risk factor for school failure. DESIGN: ...
Outi Hollo, Päivi Rautava, Tapio Korhonen, Hans Helenius, Pentti Kero, Mattiä Sillanpää (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 200202)
academic-achievement-small-gestational-age-children-age-years.asp

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Cord serum ferritin concentrations and mental and psychomotor development of children at five years of age.

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to evaluate the association between fetal iron status and mental and psychomotor development at 5 years of age. STUDY DESIGN: We evaluated the association of fetal iron status (umbilical cord serum ferritin concentrations) with ...
Tsunenobu Tamura, Robert L Goldenberg, Jinrong Hou, Kelley E Johnston, Suzanne P Cliver, Sharon L Ramey, Kathleen G Nelson (J Pediatr, 200202)
cord-serum-ferritin-concentrations-mental-psychomotor-development.asp

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Is emotional intelligence an advantage? An exploration of the impact of emotional and general intelligence on individual performance.

Emotional intelligence is an increasingly popular consulting tool. According to popular opinion and work-place testimonials, emotional intelligence increases performance and productivity; however, there has been a general lack of independent, systematic ...
Laura Thi Lam, Susan L Kirby (J Soc Psychol, 200202)
emotional-intelligence-advantage-exploration-impact-emotional-general.asp

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Motivation to serve in the military influences vulnerability to future posttraumatic stress disorder.

High motivation and belief in a cause have been reported to be protective against posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while below-average intellectual functioning and poor educational achievements have been reported to increase vulnerability to PTSD. ...
Zeev Kaplan, Mark Weiser, Abraham Reichenberg, Jonathan Rabinowitz, Asaf Caspi, Ehud Bodner, Joseph Zohar (Psychiatry Res, 200201)
motivation-serve-military-influences-vulnerability-future.asp

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Apolipoprotein E and intellectual achievement.

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether apolipoprotein E (apo E) genotype influences intellectual achievement in cognitively normal individuals. DESIGN: Between 1994 and 1999 we performed apo E testing on 1,000 self-described cognitively normal residents of ...
Richard J Caselli, Joseph G Hentz, David Osborne, Neill R Graff-Radford, Carolyn J Barbieri, Gene E Alexander, Geri R Hall, Eric M Reiman, John Hardy, Ann M Saunders (J Am Geriatr Soc, 200201)
apolipoprotein-e-intellectual-achievement.asp

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Understanding the nature of the general factor of intelligence: the role of individual differences in neural plasticity as an explanatory mechanism.

The nature of the general factor of intelligence, or g, is examined. This article begins by observing that the finding of a general factor of intelligence appears to be inconsistent with current findings in neuroscience and cognitive science, where ...
Dennis Garlick (Psychol Rev, 200201)
understanding-nature-general-factor-intelligence-role-individual.asp

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Multiple doses of secretin in the treatment of autism: a controlled study.

Dramatic effects on autistic behaviour after repeated injections of the gastrointestinal hormone secretin have been referred in a number of case reports. In the absence of curative and effective treatments for this disabling condition, this information ...
E Sponheim, G Oftedal, S B Helverschou (Acta Paediatr, 2002)
multiple-doses-secretin-treatment-autism-controlled-study.asp

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Screening for fragile X syndrome: results from a school for mentally retarded children.

Fragile X syndrome is the most common inherited form of familial mental retardation. The purpose of this study was to identify yet unrecognized fragile X individuals and to estimate the frequency of both the FRAXA and FRAXE forms of the disease in a ...
S Hecimovic, I Petek Tarnik, I Baric, Z Cakarun, K Pavelic (Acta Paediatr, 2002)
screening-fragile-x-syndrome-results-school-mentally-retarded-children.asp

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The importance of head growth patterns in predicting the cognitive abilities and literacy skills of small-for-gestational-age children.

This study evaluated the effects of head growth compromise beginning in utero and continuing, in some cases, through the first 9 months of life on the cognitive and literacy skills of school-age small-for-gestational-age (SGA) children. Seventy-one SGA ...
Virginia Frisk, Rhonda Amsel, Hilary E A Whyte (Dev Neuropsychol, 2002)
importance-head-growth-patterns-predicting-cognitive-abilities.asp