Age significantly predicted performances on six memory tests which clearly defied verbal labeling. Low scores of older persons were responsible for the age effect. The progressively lower recognition scores suggested that nonverbal memory processing through all three modalities was affected adversely by age. (Author)

Physical characteristics such as height, weight, and muscular development have less influence on quality of swimming performance than actual practice and hard work. (JD)

Test results suggest that the influence of excess body fat on pulmonary function does not appear until a critical degree of obesity is attained. (JD)

The Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT) is reviewed and critiqued. The UNIT is a completely nonverbal test that can be administered as a screening battery, a standard battery for special education eligibility decisions, or as an extended battery for diagnostic purposes. Implications for school psychology practice and research are…

Presents a test of phonological awareness which does not require that subjects speak or hear to participate. Notes that the test was designed to minimize memory loads, and to measure speeded written naming and segmentation-by-sound. Concludes that the data represents the first direct demonstration of phonological abilities in deaf subjects, using…

Compares performance of children (N=19) with nonverbal language disabilities to a group of children (N=16) with language learning disabilities using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC). As hypothesized, children with nonverbal learning disabilities were found to have significantly higher simultaneous successive processing scores.…

The Picture Word Game, a nonverbal test of the ability to use language-related symbols, was administered to 90 low-income urban students in grades 1 through 5. Ss were trained in one class period and then tested in class size groups within 2 days. In addition, previous scores on the Stanford Paragraph Meaning and Vocabulary Subtests were obtained…

The Beery Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration consists of 24 geometric forms that are to be copied into a test booklet. This study demonstrated the ability of the test to predict academic achievement in preschool children. (Author/JKS)

There is consensus regarding the importance of a medical examination including stress testing with the ECG in setting up a program of exercise for adults. (JD)

Results of the Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (TONI), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), and Wide Range Achievement Test were compared for 66 learning disabled children in grades one through six. The TONI mean score was found to be significantly different from the WISC-R Performance Intelligence Quotient (IQ). Implications…

Translated and noverbal tests are discussed as techniques for measuring intelligence and language differences in the Chicano child. (NQ)

Assessed the relation between four- and five-year-olds' prosocial behavior and empathy with a modified version of the Feshbach empathy measure. Prosocial behaviors were assessed naturalistically over 10 weeks. (Author/SS)

A raised-line form of the TONI (test of nonverbal intelligence), a graphic performance test, may effectively measure performance IQ of blind adults. Pilot studies show that while the tactile TONI may be too difficult for low-IQ adults, it may identify some kinds of learning disabilities and brain damage in adults with blindness. (Author/PB)