Oligophrenia: Or Mental Deficiency in Children

authSClnat'n? study of a small number of children suffering from oligophrenia. The re, ,?r defines oligophrenia as those forms of mental deficiency which arise as a show *ntra Uterine or early lesions of the central nervous system and which qC|j n5? tendency to progress. Dr. Pevzner's definition is the same as Dr. Lise Th S' excePt that the latter limits the group to up to six years old. aut0 .hook is a study of the dynamics of function, but no confirmation from syrnmS^ *S Pro^uced in any case. It would therefore be possible for psychogenic Such 0niS-to masquerade as results of lesions to the central nervous system, but Possible causes are never mentioned in the book. ineth , hook is most refreshing and shows the use of conditioned reflexes as a be investigation, but the conclusions as to how education methods should arriveHPtC^ to an^ PaI"ticular child are no clearer in detail than the conclusions at through different methods of study used elsewhere.