Originally Posted by polarbear
Originally Posted by Kai
I have two sons who have very similar WISC-IV profiles except in the area of working memory. My younger son's WMI is about 40 points higher than the older son's. Their PSI scores are the same and quite a bit below average.

I'm sure there are other differences (one being the older one has dyslexia and the younger one doesn't), but the difference in their ability to learn is like night and day. The younger one is very much more obviously gifted.

I will respectfully disagree with the thought that "the younger one is very much more obviously gifted" simply based on his higher working memory score (please know I'm not picking apart what you've said Kai! And obviously I've never met your sons :)).

I just want to clarify that I don't mean that the younger one is more gifted than the older one, just that his giftedness is more obvious. I also don't think that the WMI score is the only reason for the difference, but I do think that the younger one's working memory is extremely helpful to him.

Last edited by Kai; 07/25/12 11:12 AM.