A three-generation family is described in which 16 members have a severe developmental verbal dyspraxia. Inheritance is autosomal dominant, with full penetrance. Intelligence and hearing are normal.

Measurement Areas: The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT) is designed to test intelligence (cognitive ability) of children and adolescents ages 5 years 0 months through 17 years 11 months who may be disadvantaged by verbal and language loaded measures. The UNIT was developed with the purpose of assessing general intelligence, two primary constructs (memory and reasoning), and two seco...

conclusions chronic and moderate malnutrition did not influence the cognitive function, the intelligence quotient, and the impulsivity index. background undernutrition is the most common cause of growth retardation in developing countries. we aimed to assess the effect of undernutrition on cognition, intelligence quotient, and impulsivity index of 7-11 year-old children in shiraz, southern iran...

background: the aggression is one of the most important problems among the adolescences in relation with the others. aggression is an emotion and researches showed that the emotional intelligence might help to better manage. the purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the emotional intelligence training on the aggression. methods: an experimental design was conducted us...

Relationships between micronutrient intake and status, and micronutrient status and performance in tests of intelligence were investigated in a group of adolescents (13-14 years old). Dietary intakes were assessed using a 7 d weighed dietary record method, coupled with the collection of duplicate diets. Vitamin and trace mineral intakes calculated using food composition tables were compared wit...

The present study provides a new account of how fluid intelligence influences academic performance. In this account a complex learning component of fluid intelligence tests is proposed to play a major role in predicting academic performance. A sample of 2, 277 secondary school students completed two reasoning tests that were assumed to represent fluid intelligence and standardized math and verb...