Sentence examples for diminished intellectual functioning from inspiring English sources

Twelve years ago, while refusing to declare capital punishment unconstitutional as applied to the retarded, the Supreme Court set aside Mr. Penry's sentence on the ground that Texas law did not permit the jury to give full consideration to a defendant's diminished intellectual functioning as a factor mitigating against a death sentence.

threshold but takes into account an inmate's intellectual functioning and behavior.

test at the hospital and scored "in the average range of intellectual functioning".

Baltes, P. B., Staudinger, U. M. & Lindenberger, U. Lifespan psychology: theory and application to intellectual functioning.

Lovaas, O. I. Behavioral treatment and normal educational and intellectual functioning in young autistic children.

Results showed normal intellectual functioning without specific memory deficits in these patients.

Identifying premorbid level of intellectual functioning is an extremely important consideration.

Behavioral treatment and normal educational and intellectual functioning in young autistic children.

Intellectual functioning in schizophrenia has been associated with genetic vulnerability and obstetric complications.

Piaget's approach to intellectual functioning.

Cederblad et al. (1995) found that high intellectual functioning increases resilience.