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

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

From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020

The judges were told the woman's daughter is in her 20s, is 22 weeks pregnant, and has the mental age of a child aged between the age of six and nine.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2019

Children of the lower mental age have also a tendency to venture wild guesses at words they do not know.

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