Frequency of eidetic imagery among hydrocephalic children

A sample of 75 mentally retarded children, including 14 with arrested hydrocephalus, 39 with other diagnoses of brain damage, and 22 familial cases, was tested for eidetic imagery, in order to clarify the relationship between eidetric imagery and neuropathology. The hypotheses tested were that the f...

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Published inPerceptual and motor skills Vol. 43; no. 1; p. 187
Main Authors Giray, E F, Altkin, W M, Barclay, A G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1976
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Brain Damage, Chronic - complications
Brain Damage, Chronic - etiology
Child
Child, Institutionalized
Color Perception
Eidetic Imagery
Humans
Hydrocephalus - complications
Hydrocephalus - pathology
Information Theory
Intellectual Disability - etiology
Intellectual Disability - genetics
Intelligence
Time Factors
Visual Pathways - physiopathology
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Summary:A sample of 75 mentally retarded children, including 14 with arrested hydrocephalus, 39 with other diagnoses of brain damage, and 22 familial cases, was tested for eidetic imagery, in order to clarify the relationship between eidetric imagery and neuropathology. The hypotheses tested were that the frequency of eidetic imagery is higher among hydrocephalics than among other brain-damaged children and higher among hydrocephalics than among familials. The data confirmed the hypotheses and are interpreted as supporting a theory in which particular structural impairments in the visual system may delay neural development and result in a persistance of eidetic imagery.
ISSN:0031-5125
DOI:10.2466/pms.1976.43.1.187