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Why IQ Fluctuates Over Your Lifespan

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In 1932, the entire population of Scottish 11-year-olds (87, 498 children) took an IQ test. Over 60 years later, psychologists Ian Deary and Lawrence…

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Race- or demographically-adjusted IQ norms are inappropriate in Atkins ID death penalty cases: New law review article by Robert Sanger

Previously, I coauthored an IAP Psychometric Brief (#14) with Dr. Dale Watson on the inappropriate use of "demographically adjusted norms" (aka, the Heaton norms) to adjust IQ scores upward based on an individuals race.  I was pleased last week to see a law review article devoted to this practice--an article that also concludes that the use of "ethnic" or "race" or "demographically" adjusted norms are inconsistent with scientific and legal principles.

The excellent American University Law Review article (IQ, INTELLIGENCE TESTS, “ETHNIC ADJUSTMENTS” AND ATKINS) is by Robert Sanger (click here to view).

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Exploratory bifactor analysis of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Fifth Edition with the 16 primary and secondary subtests
Dombrowski, Stefan C.; Canivez, Gary L.; Watkins, Marley W.; Alexander Beaujean, A.
Intelligence, Vol. 53 – 2015: 194 - 201

10.1016/j.intell.2015.10.009

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Perlin on Insanity and Incompetency [feedly]

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Perlin on Insanity and Incompetency
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Michael L. Perlin (New York Law School) has posted 'God Said to Abraham/Kill Me a Son': Why the Insanity Defense and the Incompetency Status are Compatible with and Required by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and...
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