mental age

Example Sentences

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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

He has the mental age of a baby of around six months old.

From BBC • Nov. 2, 2022

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

From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020

At 26, Katelyn has an estimated mental age of 8 and a long list of diagnosed conditions.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2017

The calculation of mental age is therefore simplicity itself.

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