IQ AND ITS PREDICTORS IN CHILDHOOD HEMIPLEGIA
- 1 October 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
- Vol. 38 (10) , 881-890
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb15045.x
Abstract
In a population-based sample of 149 children with hemiplegia, IQ was highly correlated with a simple-to-calculate index of neurological severity. Performance IQ was an average of 13 points lower then verbal IQ-a difference that seemed to reflect specific visuospatial difficulties rather than an effect of the motor disability itself. Side of lesion was not significantly related to either IQ or verbal-performance discrepancy. Neurological factors and social class had additive effects on IQ, suggesting that neurological damage neither amplified nor obliterated the impact of ordinary psychosocial and genetic factors on IQ.Keywords
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