Comments on "Brain Size and Cerebral Glucose Metabolic Rate in Nonspecific Mental Retardation and Down Syndrome.".

Willerman, Lee; Schultz, Robert T.

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ERIC Number: EJ511080

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Publication Date: 1995

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Comments on "Brain Size and Cerebral Glucose Metabolic Rate in Nonspecific Mental Retardation and Down Syndrome."

Willerman, Lee; Schultz, Robert T.

Intelligence, v20 n2 p211-16 Mar-Apr 1995

The relationship between mental retardation and brain size is discussed. Research suggests that a common path for many otherwise idiopathic mild retardation cases (genetic or environmental) could be small brain size, indicating reduced information processing capacity. Suggestions are made for further research on neuron number. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adults, Biological Influences, Downs Syndrome, Environmental Influences, Genetics, Intelligence, Mental Retardation, Neurology

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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