Epileptic intelligence.

1 January 1951

journal article
Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Consulting Psychology

Vol. 15 (5) , 392-399
https://doi.org/10.1037/h0057699

Abstract

The Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Test was administered to "400 adults and adolescent epileptic, extramural, office patients." The group as a whole, though showing a wide range in IQ's, were "well above normal expectancy." Some of the author's major conclusions are: (1) Mental deficiency is not necessarily a concomitant of epilepsy; this disorder may occur in individuals of all degrees of intelligence. (2) Epilepsy due to brain injury has a more severe effect on intelligence than the genetic form. (3) Environmental causes may be a potent factor in causing mental deterioration. (4) Some of the "old-time theories" of epilepsy are considered inadequate, and are based on institutional cases only, thus ignoring the "large normal epileptic population." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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