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
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
Katy had a young mental age and had suffered from anxiety since around the time of her father John's sudden death.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2021
Her mental age was about 5 or 6 years old, her parents said in the claim.
From Fox News ● Jan. 21, 2020
In like manner, a mentally defective child of 9 years may have a “mental age” of only 4 years, or a young genius of 9 years may have a mental age of 12 or 13 years.
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 Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
