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Unusual combinations of verbal and performance IQs in normal and neurologically impaired elderly
1Psychology Service, Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, KS 66048.
Abstract:
For the WAIS-R old age standardization sample, unusual Verbal-Performance IQ combinations were generated at the .05 and .01 levels of significance. In a preliminary attempt to determine the neurological significance of these unusual test score combinations, the standardization based values were compared to those of a small sample of elderly brain-injured subjects. The frequency of unusual IQ combinations was essentially the same for the normal and brain-damaged elderly. Unusual VIQ-PIQ combinations should not be considered pathognomonic of neurological impairment.
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