The neuropsychological significance of a verbal-performance discrepancy with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised.
This study examined the neuropsychological significance of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (Wechsler, 1974) Verbal-Performance discrepancy using a large learning-disabled sample taken from a school population. A simple index was formed to allow the Verbal-Performance discrepancy to be considered as a continuous variable. In an attempt to consider the neuropsychological significance of the Verbal-Performance discrepancy, measures of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery for older children (HRNB) (Reitan, 1969) were regressed against the index. Some 9% of the variance in Verbal-Performance differences was explained by five neuropsychological measures of the HRNB. The practical significance of this relationship was questioned. It was concluded that the Verbal-Performance discrepancy is a poor general indicator of neuropsychological functioning in learning-disabled students in the school setting.
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Neuropsychology Laboratory, Ball State University, Munice, IN 47303.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D014888:Wechsler Scales