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MUSICAL ABILITY AND MENTAL SUBNORMALITY: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION
Author(s) -
McLEISH J.,
HIGGS G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of educational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.557
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 2044-8279
pISSN - 0007-0998
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1982.tb02524.x
Subject(s) - psychology , musical , developmental psychology , mental age , mentally retarded , intelligence quotient , cognition , psychiatry , art , visual arts
S ummary . In an earlier study, we reported on the musical ability of mentally retarded children. The present report extends the testing to a larger sample, more diversified in terms of age. The 121 children tested were drawn from four special schools. They range in age from 8 to 16, in IQ from 40 to 85. A factor of musical ability, independent of intelligence, is identified.