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ERIC Number: EJ097915
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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Evolutionary Processes and Mental Deficiency
Spitz, Herman H.
Journal of Special Education, 7, 4, 343-56, W 73
The author hypothesizes that central nervous system damage of deficiency associated with mental retardation affects primarily those cortical processes which developed at a late stage in man's evolutionary history. (Author)
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Etiology, Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Theories
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