| A visual aid to decision-making for people with intellectual disabilities. | |
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PMID: 20863653 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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Previous studies have shown that people with mild intellectual disabilities have difficulty in 'weighing-up' information, defined as integrating information from two different sources for the purpose of reaching a decision. This was demonstrated in two very different procedures, temporal discounting and a scenario-based financial decision-making task. In the present study, both tasks were presented to 24 participants who attended day services for people with learning disabilities (mean Full-Scale IQ = 59.8), half of whom were trained to use a visual aid to support decision-making. Performance of control participants did not change over repeated testing, but use of the visual aid substantially improved the quality of decision-making on both tasks: temporal discounting performance became more orderly, and participants were able to provide more information to justify their decisions in the financial decision-making task. The visual aid also substantially improved participants' ability to justify decisions they made about their own lives. We suggest that, while the visual aid was designed and evaluated as a means of increasing the quality of reasoning that supports a decision, it may also have potential as an aid to therapeutic interventions aimed at encouraging wiser decision-making. |
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Authors:
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Rebecca Bailey; Paul Willner; Simon Dymond |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-09-21 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Research in developmental disabilities Volume: 32 ISSN: 1873-3379 ISO Abbreviation: Res Dev Disabil Publication Date: 2011 Jan-Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-12-03 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8709782 Medline TA: Res Dev Disabil Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 37-46 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Directorate of Learning Disability Services, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, United Kingdom. |
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