It has long been speculated that cognitive subtest scatter or variability is a pathognomonic sign. Early researchers hypothesized that subtest scatter would predict scholastic potential or membership in exceptional groups (Harris & Shakow, 1937). In fact, Binet suggested that scattered passes and failures on the Binet-Simon scale were diagnostically significant (Matarazzo, 1985), and Wechsler (...

INTRODUCTION Subclinical hypothyroidism has been reported to be associated with disturbed cognitive function. In this study, changes of subtests of the Wechsler Memory Scale and memory quotient were investigated in subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism following treatment with levothyroxine. The aim of the study was a randomized double blind placebo-controlled clinical trial. MATERIAL AND ...

objectives: the aim of this research is designing a computerized program, in game format, for working memory training in mild intellectual disabled children. methods: 24 students participated as test and control groups. the auditory and visual-spatial wm were assessed by primary test, which included computerized wechsler numerical forward and backward sub- tests, and secondary tests, which cont...

Introduction: In research, a simple measure of general cognitive ability is often required. One method the Matrix Matching Test, brief, free-to-use, language-free assessment or intelligence in adults, which taps both fluid and crystalized processes. We investigated its reliability validity with adolescent participants. Method:The Test was administered to 111 participants, aged 12 17 (46% female...

PURPOSE To identify predictors of seizure recurrence following posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery. METHODS Between 1983 and 2008, 43 medically refractory epilepsy patients underwent posterior quadrant epilepsy surgery. Epilepsy surgery involved the occipital lobe in all cases; some cases also included resection of the adjacent parietal or temporal cortex. Using a logistic regression model, w...