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Consistency of Hand-Preference across the Early Years: Long-Term Relationship to Verbal Intelligence and Reading Achievement in Girls
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Wilbourn, Makeba Parramore; Gottfried, Allen W.; Kee, Daniel W. – Developmental Psychology, 2011
The relationship between consistency of hand preference, left hemispheric specialization, and cognitive functioning was examined in an ongoing longitudinal investigation. Children were classified as consistent or inconsistent in their hand preference across 5 assessments from ages 18 to 42 months. Findings demonstrated that (a) this early…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Handedness, Females
Sex Differences in Mental Ability: A Proposed Means to Link Them to Brain Structure and Function
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Johnson, Wendy; Bouchard, Thomas J., Jr. – Intelligence, 2007
Recent work with the 42 mental ability tests administered to participants of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart (MISTRA) has suggested that there are important dimensions of mental ability that function independently of "g". Two of these dimensions, rotation-verbal and focus-diffusion, appear to involve trade-offs: greater…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Verbal Ability, Brain, Intelligence
Efficacy of the Satz-Mogel Short Form WAIS-R for Tumor Patients with Lateralized Lesions.
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Mattis, Paul J.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1992
The predictive power of the short-form Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale of P. Satz and S. Mogel to provide equivalent information about IQ scores and age-corrected scale scores was not differentially affected by the side of the lesion for 63 patients with brain tumors. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adults, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests