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Recovery Functions of Somatosensory Evoked Responses in Slow Learners
Author(s) -
Wasman Marvin,
Gluck Henry
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1975.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - interstimulus interval , psychology , somatosensory system , somatosensory evoked potential , audiology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , medicine , stimulation
The amplitude of the evoked response to the second of a pair of somatosensory stimuli was studied as a function of the interstimulus interval in subject of above average intelligence and in subjects of borderline or retarded intelligence classified as slow learners. Recovery functions were biphasic for both groups but the slow learners showed less recovery of cortical responsiveness at brief interstimulus intervals. The results indicate that recovery functions of the somatosensory evoked responses are related lo behavioral measures as reflected in mild deficits in intellectual performance.