Cognitive recovery after severe head injury. 2. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale during post-traumatic amnesia.
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Cognitive recovery after severe head injury. 1. Serial testing on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale.
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 ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1975
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.38.11.1127