Intelligence By CYRIL BURT, M.A., D.Sc. Psychologists are often asked for a good test of intelligence to be used with adults. Of those at present available none is wholly satisfactory. The harder problems in the Terman-Binet scale sound too much like a teacher's crossquestioning in school : " If two pencils cost fivepence, how many pencils can you buy for fifty pence?"* On the other hand, the b...

BACKGROUND Recent findings suggest advanced paternal age may be associated with impaired child outcomes, in particular, neurocognitive skills. Such patterns are worrisome given relatively universal trends in advanced countries toward delayed nuptiality and fertility. But nature and nurture are both important for child outcomes, and it is important to control for both when drawing inferences abo...

OBJECTIVES To examine possible effects on blood pressure, neurological function, and neurobehavioral tests in school-aged children with and without prenatal pesticide exposure in an area where stunting is common. METHODS In a community of Northern Ecuador with intensive floriculture and a high female employment rate, we invited 79 children attending the 2 lowest grades of a public school for ...

gence test, are used in this study. Our problem is very well expressed in the question: Does the child of high intelligence possess physical development commensurate with his mental ability? The subjects used in this study were pupils from the Demonstration School of the George Peabody College for Teachers. Since the study was restricted to children of superior intelligence, the number was nece...

The study aimed to identify the effectiveness of cognitive play in developing self-confidence mentally handicapped who are able learn, and verify program, sample consisted (20) children with intellectual disabilities learn inIntellectual Education. was divided into two groups.The experimental group(10)children, control group (10) children, their ages ranged between (9-12), IQs (50-70), research...