International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Intended for researchers and graduate students in psychology and sociology, this book presents current research on mental retardation focusing on three areas: behavioural toxicology research, cognitive processes in mentally retarded individuals, and social adaptation and family functioning.

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This volume addresses three important areas of current research in mental retardation: behavioural toxicology research and its implications for the cause and prevention of some types of mental retardation, cognitive processes in mentally retarded individuals and the significance of this issue for the further development of remediation techniques, and social adaptation and family functioning.