This study investigated the predictive power of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) Full Scale IQ (FSIQ), the General Ability Index (GAI), and the WISC-IV index score composites on subsequent reading and math standardized test scores among high-achieving students. The sample consisted of 84 elementary-age students who received an individual cognitive assessment...

OBJECTIVE We tested mediation of birth weight and ADHD symptoms by multiple biologically plausible neurocognitive functions and evaluated familiality of observed indirect effects. METHOD 647 youth from 284 multiplex families with ADHD completed the Arithmetic, Digit Span, Vocabulary, and Block Design subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC). Multiple mediation tested WI...

AIMS (1) To examine the relation between neurological soft signs and measures of cognition, coordination, and behaviour in mainstream schoolchildren. (2) To determine whether high soft sign scores may predict children with significant problems in other areas. METHODS A total of 169 children aged between 8 and 13 years from mainstream schools were assessed. They form part of a larger study int...

BACKGROUND Subtest and factor scores have typically provided little incremental predictive validity beyond the omnibus IQ score. AIMS This study examined the incremental validity of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth UK Edition (WISC-IV(UK) ; Wechsler, 2004a, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth UK Edition, Harcourt Assessment, London, UK) and factor index scores i...

A prospective study based on the U.S. National Collaborative Perinatal Project and using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) found lower test scores for the Coding subtest in preschizophrenic children than in their unaffected siblings. Using data on cognitive functioning in adolescence, the aim of the present prospective study was to examine whether low scores on Coding is assoc...

the purpose of the present study is developing “working memory training software”, and investigating the efficacy of this computerized cognitive training on students working memory. this study is in r&d; research category, and it is performed in a semi-experimental design. its data were collected from students of the third grade (30), fourth grade (30), and fifth grade (12) of primary school. t...

OBJECTIVE Few studies of cognitive functioning in children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) have been conducted. The aim of this study was to examine the neurocognitive and intelligence profile of this clinical group. METHOD The study was a matched case-control (N = 188), multi-centre study including children and adolescents with AN (N = 94) and healthy control participants (N = 94)...

AIM Cerebral palsy (CP) is defined as a primary disorder of posture and movement; however, approximately 45% of children with CP also have an intellectual impairment. Prevalence estimates are limited by a lack of guidelines for intelligence testing. This systematic review aims to identify and examine intelligence assessments for children with CP. METHOD Electronic databases (PubMed, PsycINFO,...

The effect of surgical treatment upon the intelligence of 20 children with moyamoya disease was evaluated and related to changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF). The patients were treated by various surgical revascularization procedures, mainly by encephalo-myo-synangiosis. Intelligence was tested using the Wechsler intelligence scale for children (WISC) in 19 children and the Wechsler adult intel...

ed for this study. The WISC is a standardized test of assessment designed for children age seven to 16. It is divided into fifteen subtests that form a total of five composite scores, including a FSIQ which represents overall cognitive ability, VCI, PRI, PSI and WMI. Reliability coefficients for the WISC-IV composite scales were obtained on a sample of 661 children from 16 special and clinical ...