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Impact of chronic undernutrition on higher mental functions in Indian boys aged 10–12 years
Author(s) -
Agarwal KN,
Agarwal DK,
Upadhyay SK
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13568.x
Subject(s) - memory span , cognitive flexibility , medicine , logical address , raven's progressive matrices , wechsler adult intelligence scale , test (biology) , wisconsin card sorting test , flexibility (engineering) , intelligence quotient , wechsler memory scale , developmental psychology , audiology , cognition , working memory , psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , statistics , mathematics , physical address , biology , computer science , neuropsychology , programming language , overlay
Undernourished rural children 10–12 years of age demonstrated the following, when compared to normal nourished children: (i) a relative deficit of memory quotients assessed by the Wechsler memory scale; (ii) lower scores for abilities related to personal and current information, orientation, mental control, logical memory, digit span, visual reproduction and associative learning; (iii) impaired set formation and flexibility in attention as assessed by the card sorting test; and (iv) impairment in conditional learning on maze and conditional associative learning tests. The performance on the finger dexterity test for fine motor coordination was not affected in undernourished children.