Two experiments investigated the extent to which 10-year old children's scores on the WISC-R Block Design subtest were affected by prior experience with a specific commercial game that involved blocks and matching patterns. Experiment 1 found that 12 10-year old children who happened to have experience with the particular commercial game scored approximately three scaled score points higher on ...

The purpose of this study was to test measurement invariance of the WISC-IV factorial structure between genders. Both 10 and 15 subtest sets were tested on a nationally-representative sample of 2200 children (males N = 1100; females N = 1100). Results from multisample analyses supported partial measurement invariance. Except for a few subtle discrepancies involving correlated error terms, the h...

Perceptual reasoning is the ability that incorporates fluid reasoning, spatial processing, and visual motor integration. Several theories of cognitive functioning emphasize the importance of fluid reasoning. Tasks that require fluid reasoning involve the process of manipulating abstractions, rules, generalizations, and logical relationships. A pretest–posttest with control group design was used...

This study examined the effect of age-correction on IQ scores among preterm school-aged children. Data from the Flinders Medical Centre Neonatal Unit Follow-up Program for 81 children aged five years and assessed with the WPPSI-III, and 177 children aged eight years and assessed with the WISC-IV, were analysed. Corrected IQ scores were significantly higher than not-corrected IQ scores (Full Sca...

Doctor Mylott is with Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Ms Kump is with the Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin and the Children’s Research Institute of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Ms Bolton is with the Wisconsin Department of Public Health. Doctor Greenbaum is with the Department of Pediatrics (Nephrology), Medical College of Wisconsin and the Children’s Research I...

Short forms of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) have been developed and studied in adult populations, however studies addressing their use in children are lacking. This study compared the full WCST to two short forms in a sample of 174 school-age children who were referred for neuropsychological evaluation. Multiple regression was used to predict standard scores (SSs) on the full WCST. Pe...

The reliability and factorial validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Fifth Edition: Canadian (WISC-V) was investigated. The higher-order model preferred by Wechsler (2014b) contained five group factors but lacked discriminant validity. An alternative bifactor model with four group factors and one general factor, akin to the traditional Wechsler model, exhibited the best global...

The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) evaluates a subject's ability to shift to a new pattern of behavior in response to the presentation of unexpected negative feedback. The present study introduces a novel version of the traditional WCST by integrating a probabilistic component into its traditional rule shifting to add uncertainty to the task, as well as the option to forage for information ...

ôbjective: ëmotional intelligence (ëï) is a set of competencies that enable us to engage in sophisticated information processing of emotions and emotion-relevant stimuli and to use this information as a guide for thinking and behavior. prefrontal cortexes (pfç) of brain and related regions have an important role in emotion and emotional regulation. âccordingly, we conducted a study to investiga...

Marc A. Sherry, DPT, CSCS, Thomas M. Best, MD, PhD, Amy Silder, PhD, Darryl G. Thelen, PhD, and Bryan C. Heiderscheit, PhD, PT Sports Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin Sports Medicine, Madison, Wisconsin; Division of Sports Medicine and Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Department of Bioengineering and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, S...