Role for animal research in the investigation of human mental retardation.

By: Anderson, Britt.
Series: American Journal on Mental Retardation 1994 99 (1) 50-59.Publisher: 1994Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): ANIMALS | RESEARCHSummary: A general learning impairment model and a reasoning/insight model, both in rats, were reviewed for parallels to theories of human cognitive deficiency. Predictions were made for the relevance to human mental retardation. The paper argues that a wider reading of the animal literature by human mental retardation researchers would benefit both animal cognition research and human mental retardation research.
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A general learning impairment model and a reasoning/insight model, both in rats, were reviewed for parallels to theories of human cognitive deficiency. Predictions were made for the relevance to human mental retardation. The paper argues that a wider reading of the animal literature by human mental retardation researchers would benefit both animal cognition research and human mental retardation research.

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