mental age

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It’s not cute watching and adult man regress to the mental age of a three-year-old.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2024

Sheila's last recorded child assessment the following April judged her to be functioning at the mental age of a child of 18 months.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2024

His lawyer, M. Ravi, said Nagaenthran, now 33, “could possibly have a mental age below 18” and that the disability doesn’t allow him to understand or appreciate deterrence.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents said in the claim.

From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020

This is equivalent to a difference of one year in mental age with 7-year-olds, and to a difference of two years with 14-year-olds.

From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson