Borderline intellectual functioning
- Borderline intellectual functioning
Borderline intellectual functioning is a categorization of intelligence wherein a person has below average cognitive ability (an IQ of 71-85), but the deficit is not as severe as mental retardation (70 or below).
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ee also
*Mental retardation
*Intelligence quotient
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