Cognitive recovery after severe head injury. 1. Serial testing on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
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- 1 November 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 38 (11) , 1121-1126
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.38.11.1121
Abstract
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale was administered serially to 40 severely head-injured adults, and the results compared with a matched group of 40 non-injured men. The scores on the verbal subtests showed less initial impairment and were faster to recover to the level of the comparison group than were the non-verbal subtest scores. Verbal IQ of the head-injury group approached that of the comparison group within about one year of injury, while recovery of Performance IQ continued over about three years.Keywords
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