title: Topical review of the WISC-R for pediatric neuroclinicians.
abstract: This article will familiarize neuroclinicians with the WISC-R and with the results of countless research studies on this popular test of the intelligence of children and adolescents. In addition to a description of the WISC-R and its subtests, and a discussion of the WISC-R from a historical context, the article reviews research in the following areas: relationship of the WISC-R to Wechsler's preschool and adult scales; interpretation of verbal-performance IQ differences; clinical implications of scatter; relationship of an IQ score to present and future functioning; and comparison of IQs on the WISC-R with scores on other tests for children and adolescents.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis; D014888:Wechsler Scales