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EVIDENCE FOR INCREASED MENTAL CAPACITY WITH AGE IN DOWN'S SYNDROME
Author(s) -
SINSON JANICE C.,
WETHERICK N. E.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1976.tb00014.x
Subject(s) - citation , library science , intellectual disability , psychology , mental capacity , citation impact , sociology , gerontology , psychiatry , medicine , computer science
In a previous study, the authors reported that Down's Syndrome children were deficient in short-term memory for colour compared with severely subnormal controls. The present study provides evidence that two-thirds of such children aged fifteen to seventeen years could perform tasks which no six-to-eight-year-old could, which suggests they might benefit from educational experiences which were of no value at a younger age.