“…In general, the correlation between the developmental items with mental maturity (Groves & Fried, 1991) and the validity of the test as an approximate measure of a child's intelligence has been corroborated in various studies in which the test has been used as part of a child neuropsychological evaluation (Abell, Von Briesen, & Watz, 1996;Brito, Alfradique, Pereira, Porto, & Santos, 1998;. Nevertheless, several studies have questioned this connection, considering a potential confounding effect of early enriching experiences, social stereotypes, socioeconomic differences (Colom, Flores-Mendoza, & Abad, 2007;Flores-Mendoza, Abad, & Lele, 2005), presence of external stressors in the child's history, learning experiences and formal or informal educational stimulation, among other factors (Merino Soto, Honores Mendoza, García Ramirez, & Salazar Alvarez, 2007).…”