Young Intellectually Retarded Adults

Relationship of Rated Perceived Exertion to Heart Rate and Workload in Mentally Retarded Young Adults

This study was conducted to determine the predictive ability of rated perceived exertion (WE) of mentally retarded (MR) young adults with respect to heart rate (HR) and workload (WL). Subjects were a group of 10 mentally retarded adults (M age = 21.20 yrs, M IQ = 50.5) and a control group of 10 nonretarded adults (M age = 21.18 yrs). The procedure involved the performance of a continuous multis...

Young Investigator Perspectives. Choosing an intellectually generous mentor.

Dr. Jill Hoffman is a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Harry Pothoulakis in the Division of Digestive Diseases, University of California, Los Angeles, supported by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health. She obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Vermont where she studied enteric neuroscience with Dr. Gary Mawe. Her current work seeks to elucid...

‌‌‌‌‌Recourse Allocation in Young and Elderly Adults

Objectives: The role of cognitive process for postural control was shown in dual task studies. However, there was no definite evidence how verbal instructions influence the allocation of attention to postural control. This study determined whether young and elderly adult are able to deliberately control the resource allocation when performing a sensorimotor and cognitive task simultaneously and...

Prevalence of obesity among mentally retarded adults.

The Psychopathology Instrument for Mentally Retarded Adults

to 0.294)Affective disorders0.0910.040(6)(—0.325 to 0.421)Adjustment disorders0.5230.298(7)(—0.067 to 0.766)Anxiety disorders0.5630.369(7)(—0.069 to 0.577)Inappropriate mental0.4040.304adjustment (7)(—0.3 12 to 0.45 1)Somatoform disorders0.6030.281(6)(0.239 to 0.556)Personality disorders0.5090.3 17(7)(—0.028 to 0.523)Factor 1: affective0.6930.342(14)(—0.273 to 0.613)Factor 2: somato...