The correlation of intelligence and neurological findings on twenty-two patients autopsied for brain damage.

Abstract

Among the findings in a study to determine the effect of structural brain pathology on intellectual functioning "there appears to be a typical Wechsler-Bellevue test pattern for gross structural pathology consisting of significantly lower scores in Digit Symbol, Block Design, Digit Span (especially Digits Backward), Arithmetic, and Similarities. In addition, the Full Scale IQ and the Performance IQ, including all of the Performance subtests, were significantly lower for the brain-damaged population. There were no significant differences involving the Vocabulary, Information, and Comprehension scores. The seemingly unaffected Vocabulary score justifies its use as an indicator of premorbid intelligence." 28 references. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)