Sunday, August 31, 2014

Development of sound (Ga) understand: File under the Gv Gallery Hall of Fame

Cool helpful visual-graphic.

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Cognitive abilities and oral and silent reading: Same or different?

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Working memory components in survey and route spatial text processing
Pazzaglia, Francesca; Meneghetti, Chiara; De Beni, Rossana; Gyselinck, Valerie
Cognitive Processing, Vol. 11 Issue 4 – 2010: 359 - 369

10.1007/s10339-009-0353-0

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Sharing Theories of intelligence and students' daily self-handicapping behaviors via BrowZine

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Theories of intelligence and students' daily self-handicapping behaviors
Rickert, Nicolette P.; Meras, Inez L.; Witkow, Melissa R.
Learning and Individual Differences, Vol. 36 – 2014: 1 - 8

10.1016/j.lindif.2014.08.002

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Neuroethical issues in pharmacological cognitive enhancement
Mohamed, Ahmed Dahir
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, Vol. 5 Issue 5 – 2014: 533 - 549

10.1002/wcs.1306

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Visual sustained attention and numerosity sensitivity correlate with math achievement in children
Anobile, Giovanni; Stievano, Paolo; Burr, David C.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol. 116 Issue 2 – 2013: 380 - 391

10.1016/j.jecp.2013.06.006

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How do spatial representations enhance cognitive numerical processing?
De Cruz, Helen
Cognitive Processing, Vol. 13 Issue S1 – 2012: 137 - 140

10.1007/s10339-012-0445-0

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Monday, August 25, 2014

School readiness = self regulation learning competence?

Excellent review article on the relationship between the development of self-regulated learning strategies/competence and school readiness. Having worked in the schools as a school psychologist for 12 years, I would like to have a buck for every time a kindergarten teacher described children who where struggling in terms of self-regulation--although they did not use that term. A must ready for anyone working with preschool and early elementary students and stuff.

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Why complex cognitive ability increases with absolute latitude
León, Federico R.; Burga León, Andrés
Intelligence, Vol. 46 – 2014: 291 - 299

10.1016/j.intell.2014.07.011

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The relationship between working memory and intelligence in children: Is the scoring procedure important?
Giofrè, David; Mammarella, Irene C.
Intelligence, Vol. 46 – 2014: 300 - 310

10.1016/j.intell.2014.08.001

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Partial maintenance of auditory-based cognitive training benefits in older adults
Anderson, Samira; White-Schwoch, Travis; Choi, Hee Jae; Kraus, Nina
Neuropsychologia, Vol. 62 – 2014: 286 - 296

10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.07.034

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Learning to read related to intellectual development - a longitudinal twins study

Wow...how about the complexity of that large path model?

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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Article: Targeted brain training may help you multitask better - more on attentional control


Targeted brain training may help you multitask better
http://www.psypost.org/2014/08/targeted-brain-training-may-help-multitask-better-27502

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Consistent with the research in this article, have proposed that the training of attentional control (aka, controlled attention) may hold "one" (of multiple) keys to why some brain training programs may be effective.

You can find a MindHub Pub white paper where I lay out this information here.  


Also, other AC related posts at the Brain Clock blog can be found at the following two links.   Sorry for the two links with overlap.  I need to do some blog maintenance.




FYI. The MindHub web portal has been updated

I finally got around to updating the MindHub web portal. There is new information under most major categories. Enjoy.

http://themindhub.com/

Article: The Real Neuroscience of Creativity - with comments and FYI

I agree with Scott Barry Kaufman on the importance of the default brain network.  However, at times one needs to learn how to shut down the default network "on demand" and invoke the executive control network.  I have written a white paper on this topic, in the context of trying to explain how Interactive Metronome appears to help people train their abilities to "quiet the busy mind", which is available at the following link.  It also covers the three brain networks discussed by Scott in his article at the Huffington Post.  Enjoy.


More information can be found at the MindHub (www.themindhub.com)






Article: The Amazing Benefits of Daydreaming on the Mind - with comment


I also have a deep interest in the default brain network and have made a number of FYI and written posts to the Brain Clock blog about this important brain network  http://www.brainclock.net/search/label/default%20brain%20network

Just think of:  mind wandering; TUTs (task unrelated thoughts); and REST (rapid episodic thinking)

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

The new Joint Test Standard are now available for purchase




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Monday, August 18, 2014

IQ and state level innovation and growth: Does where you live make a difference

Interesting study in the latest issue of Intelligence that suggests a link between state-level IQ and growth and innovation. Of course, this looks good to me as I live in MN (see last figure). That being said, the R-squared values must be interpreted appropriately. They are in the mid .50s to high .60's, which indicates that the variables included as predictors in this investigation accounted for 25% to approximately 45% of the innovation dependent variable. That is large and statistically significant, but it indicates (aside from the fact that this is a correlational and not experimental study--correlation does not prove causality) that there are many other variables that need to be considered. It is a complex multivariate issue.

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Saturday, August 16, 2014

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And yet one more malingering research article

Finger Tapping Test Performance as a Measure of Performance Validity
Axelrod, Bradley N.; Meyers, John E.; Davis, Jeremy J.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol. 28 Issue 5 – 2014: 876 - 888

10.1080/13854046.2014.907583

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More malingering measurement research.

Comparisons of Five Performance Validity Indices in Bona Fide and Simulated Traumatic Brain Injury
Bashem, Jesse R.; Rapport, Lisa J.; Miller, Justin B.; Hanks, Robin A.; Axelrod, Bradley N.; Millis, Scott R.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol. 28 Issue 5 – 2014: 851 - 875

10.1080/13854046.2014.927927

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File under malingering.

Are Verbal Intelligence Subtests and Reading Measures Immune to Non-Credible Effort?
Sawyer, R. John; Young, J. Christopher; Roper, Brad L.; Rach, Amanda
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol. 28 Issue 5 – 2014: 756 - 770

10.1080/13854046.2014.920922

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One-Week Practice Effects in Older Adults: Tools for Assessing Cognitive Change
Duff, Kevin
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol. 28 Issue 5 – 2014: 714 - 725

10.1080/13854046.2014.920923

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Executive function predicts artificial language learning
Kapa, Leah L.; Colombo, John
Journal of Memory and Language, Vol. 76 – 2014: 237 - 252

10.1016/j.jml.2014.07.004

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Only in America: Cold Winters Theory, race, IQ and well-being
Pesta, Bryan J.; Poznanski, Peter J.
Intelligence, Vol. 46 – 2014: 271 - 274

10.1016/j.intell.2014.07.009

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The correlation between g loadings and heritability in Japan: A meta-analysis
te Nijenhuis, Jan; Kura, Kenya; Hur, Yoon-Mi
Intelligence, Vol. 46 – 2014: 275 - 282

10.1016/j.intell.2014.07.008

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Intelligence, creativity, and innovation
Squalli, Jay; Wilson, Kenneth
Intelligence, Vol. 46 – 2014: 250 - 257

10.1016/j.intell.2014.07.005

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Friday, August 15, 2014

Article: New findings out on brain networks in children at risk for mental disorders

Recall the cell phone commercial with the message "its the network!"  The explosion of research on the efficiency of brain networks (see another report below) just keeps comming.  Follow the following link for posts related to brain network efficiency at the Brain Clock blog.   http://www.brainclock.net/search/label/brain%20networks

New findings out on brain networks in children at risk for mental disorders
http://www.psypost.org/2014/06/new-findings-out-on-brain-networks-in-children-at-risk-for-mental-disorders-25559

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Check out “The MindHub” on Flipboard

An FYI note regarding one of the free content curation sources provided by Dr. Kevin McGrew and the MindHub (www.themindhub.com).  If you have the free Flipboard app and are interesting in psychology, cognition, intelligence, neuroscience, etc., then give this free e-magazine of curated stories a try. 

Flip through The MindHub by Kevin McGrew http://flip.it/FMBVq





Friday, August 08, 2014

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Gender differences in working memory networks: A BrainMap meta-analysis
Hill, Ashley C.; Laird, Angela R.; Robinson, Jennifer L.
Biological Psychology, Vol. 102 – 2014: 18 - 29

10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.06.008

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Thursday, August 07, 2014

Circuit-based accounts of adolescent self-control issues

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Motivational readiness: Crossing the rubicon to learning

Very interesting and important article on "motivational readiness" just published. Abstract and a few figures below (click to enlarge). The concept of moving from "readiness" to "action" is very similar to "crossing the rubicon of learning" as per the MACM model (Model of Academic Competence and Motivation) as articulated in MindHub Pub1. More information, including this MindHub Pub, can be found at the "Beyond IQ" section of the MindHub web portal.















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A Review of Commercial Software Packages for Multidimensional IRT Modeling
Han, K. T.; Paek, I.
Applied Psychological Measurement, Vol. 38 Issue 6 – 2014: 486 - 498

10.1177/0146621614536770

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The Stability of Intelligence From Childhood to Old Age
Deary, I. J.
Current Directions in Psychological Science, Vol. 23 Issue 4 – 2014: 239 - 245

10.1177/0963721414536905

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Related to the Model of Academic Competence and Motivation (MACM). http://www.iqscorner.com/search/label/MACM


Academic self-handicapping and achievement: A meta-analysis.
Schwinger, Malte; Wirthwein, Linda; Lemmer, Gunnar; Steinmayr, Ricarda
Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 106 Issue 3 – 2014: 744 - 761

10.1037/a0035832

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Computer-based assessment of school readiness and early reasoning.
Csapó, BenÅ‘; Molnár, Gyöngyvér; Nagy, József
Journal of Educational Psychology, Vol. 106 Issue 3 – 2014: 639 - 650

10.1037/a0035756

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The role of working memory in inferential sentence comprehension
Pérez, Ana Isabel; Paolieri, Daniela; Macizo, Pedro; Bajo, Teresa
Cognitive Processing, Vol. 15 Issue 3 – 2014: 405 - 413

10.1007/s10339-014-0611-7

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Tuesday, August 05, 2014

The Richard Woodcock Institute for Advancement of Cognitive Assessment: Oct, 25, 2014

The 2nd Richard Woodcock Institute for Advancement of Cognitive Assessment is now scheduled and enrollment is open. Registration and additional information can be found at the WMF web page.

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A cybernetic model for improving self-control

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CHC g+specific abilities and college math achievement

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Word retrieval/access--let kids use their hands to gesture

Interesting study that suggests, as per the Lexical Retrieval Hypothesis, that the use of motoric gestures during speech facilitates word access/retrieval in kids.

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Does Head Start improve g (general intelligence) or just unique subtest variance?

Interesting meta-analysis of Head Start IQ studies that suggests that improvements in IQ scores in Head Start evaluation programs are not due to changes in general intelligence (g), but are more due to short-term and transient changes to unique, specific abilities of subtests in IQ tests.

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