Friday, April 29, 2016

The Complexity of the Frontal Lobes



The Complexity of the Frontal Lobes

The large prefrontal cortex was not considered important for many years. Now, we know that it is the critical brain link to thoughts and behaviors related to…

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

Research Byte: The genetic architecture of correlations between perceptual timing, motor timing, and intelligence via BrowZine

The genetic architecture of correlations between perceptual timing, motor timing, and intelligence
Mosing, Miriam A.; Verweij, Karin J.H.; Madison, Guy; Ullén, Fredrik
Intelligence, Vol. 57 – 2016: 33 - 40

10.1016/j.intell.2016.04.002

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Neuroscientists create ‘atlas’ showing how words are organised in the brain - this is BIG

This is a very exciting bit of new research.  Check out the story and play the brief video to catch the major concepts.  I think this is BIG.  Thanks to my fiend Jeff Evans for bringing this to my attention.

Neuroscientists create 'atlas' showing how words are organised in the brain

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Research Byte: The growth of mathematics and reading skills in segregated and diverse schools: An opportunity-propensity analysis of a national database via BrowZine

The growth of mathematics and reading skills in segregated and diverse schools: An opportunity-propensity analysis of a national database
Byrnes, James P.; Miller-Cotto, Dana
Contemporary Educational Psychology, Vol. 46 – 2016: 34 - 51

10.1016/j.cedpsych.2016.04.002

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Research Byte: Functional independence in resting-state connectivity facilitates higher-order cognition via BrowZine

Functional independence in resting-state connectivity facilitates higher-order cognition
James, G. Andrew; Kearney-Ramos, Tonisha E.; Young, Jonathan A.; Kilts, Clinton D.; Gess, Jennifer L.; Fausett, Jennifer S.
Brain and Cognition, Vol. 105 – 2016: 78 - 87

10.1016/j.bandc.2016.03.008

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Research Byte: Overlapping communities reveal rich structure in large-scale brain networks during rest and task conditions



Overlapping communities reveal rich structure in large-scale brain networks during rest and task conditions

Highlights • Characterized densely overlapping whole-brain communities at rest and task data…

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PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi reddit, my name is Dr. Nina Kraus and I found preschoolers’ auditory language processing parallels early language development, which would allow for early intervention for language disorders – Ask Me Anything!

Dr. Nina Kraus and her group at Northwestern are doing some of the best research in the world re the neurobiology of the processing of sounds and how it relates to important cognitive abilities.  Her work is always a "must" read for me.

PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi reddit, my name is Dr. Nina Kraus and I found preschoolers' auditory language processing parallels early language development, which would allow for early intervention for language disorders – Ask Me Anything!

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How Human Brains are Built

Nice overview.

How Human Brains are Built

The development of the human brain involves orchestration of thousands of different kinds of cells in an array of trillions. A vast range of molecular and cellular processes…

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Research Byte: What does the nose know? Olfactory function predicts social network size in human.


Hmmmm....interesting.  Deserves a closer read.  File under Go in CHC taxonomy

What does the nose know? Olfactory function predicts social network size in human.

2016 Apr 25;6:25026. doi: 10.1038/srep25026. Zou LQ1,2, Yang ZY1,2, Wang Y1, Lui SS1,2,3, Chen AT4, Cheung EF3, Chan…

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Music May Help Babies Learn Better, Study Finds



Music May Help Babies Learn Better, Study Finds

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Music may help babies learn language better, in part by helping them learn to detect important rhythms, researchers reported Monday. The study adds…

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Monday, April 25, 2016

Research Byte: Developmental trajectories for children with dyslexia and low IQ poor readers. [feedly]



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Developmental trajectories for children with dyslexia and low IQ poor readers.
// Developmental Psychology - Vol 46, Iss 4

Reading difficulties are found in children with both high and low IQ and it is now clear that both groups exhibit difficulties in phonological processing. Here, we apply the developmental trajectories approach, a new methodology developed for studying language and cognitive impairments in developmental disorders, to both poor reader groups. The trajectory methodology enables identification of atypical versus delayed development in datasets gathered using group matching designs. Regarding the cognitive predictors of reading, which here are phonological awareness, phonological short-term memory (PSTM) and rapid automatized naming (RAN), the method showed that trajectories for the two groups diverged markedly. Children with dyslexia showed atypical development in phonological awareness, while low IQ poor readers showed developmental delay. Low IQ poor readers showed atypical PSTM and RAN development, but children with dyslexia showed developmental delay. These divergent trajectories may have important ramifications for supporting each type of poor reader, although all poor readers showed weakness in all areas. Regarding auditory processing, the developmental trajectories were very similar for the two poor reader groups. However, children with dyslexia demonstrated developmental delay for auditory discrimination of Duration, while the low IQ children showed atypical development on this measure. The data show that, regardless of IQ, poor readers have developmental trajectories that differ from typically developing children. The trajectories approach enables differences in trajectory classification to be identified across poor reader group, as well as specifying the individual nature of these trajectories. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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Sunday, April 24, 2016

Research Byte: Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience - Abstract



Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience - Abstract

Monthly 208 pp. per issue 8 1/2 x 11, illustrated Founded: 1989 ISSN 0898-929X E-ISSN 1530-8898 2014 Impact Factor: 4.085 June 2015, Vol. 27, No. 6, Pages…

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Research Byte: An integrative architecture for general intelligence and executive function revealed by lesion mapping.



An integrative architecture for general intelligence and executive function revealed by lesion mapping.

2012 Apr;135(Pt 4):1154-64. doi: 10.1093/brain/aws021. Epub 2012 Mar 6. 1Decision Neuroscience…

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Listening In On The Brain To Decode Speech



Listening In On The Brain To Decode Speech

Reporting in PLoS Biology, researchers write that they were able to correlate words a person was hearing to specific electrical activity in the brain.…

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Researchers identify new functional biomarker for autism in boys



Researchers identify new functional biomarker for autism in boys

WASHINGTON (April 20, 2016)–Researchers have developed a new method to map and track the function of brain circuits affected by autism…

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The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice: 2nd Edition (Paperback)



The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice: 2nd Edition (Paperback)

The Handbook of Intellectual Disability and Clinical Psychology Practice will equip clinical…

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Research Byte: Functional neuroanatomy of meditation: A review and meta-analysis of 78 functional neuroimaging investigations via BrowZine

Functional neuroanatomy of meditation: A review and meta-analysis of 78 functional neuroimaging investigations
Fox, Kieran C.R.; Dixon, Matthew L.; Nijeboer, Savannah; Girn, Manesh; Floman, James L.; Lifshitz, Michael; Ellamil, Melissa; Sedlmeier, Peter; Christoff, Kalina
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Vol. 65 – 2016: 208 - 228

10.1016/j.neubiorev.2016.03.021

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Airport terminal data analysis

What does one do when one can't check in for an international flight for two hours in Jakarta? Simple. Set up standing work station in terminal and crunch some data 😉

Friday, April 15, 2016

ClassDojo raises $21 million for app to make parent-teacher ...

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Honored to present (4 days ago) on CHC theory at the University of Indonesia


How is that for a CHC Periodic Table of Human Elements!!!!!! More to come in the next month on how to get your own (very much smaller) laminated version.  Click on image to enlarge.

This presentation is part of my work as a consultant on the YDB AJT COGTEST project, a project to develop the first ever individually administered comprehensive CHC based of intelligence developed and standardized in Indonesia.  It will be one of the most comprehensive measures of intelligence in the world, close to the coverage of the WJ IV.




Honored to present (two days ago) at AP2TPI (Indonesian Assoc. of Psychology Higher Education Providers) in Yogyakarta Indonesia - Spreading the CHC model of intelligence to the Dean's of the Faculties of Psychology in Indonesia







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This presentation is part of my work as a consultant on the YDB AJT COGTEST project, a project to develop the first ever individually administered comprehensive CHC based of intelligence developed and standardized in Indonesia.  It will be one of the most comprehensive measures of intelligence in the world, close to the coverage of the WJ IV.







Research Byte: The Comprehensive Assessment of Rational Thinking via BrowZine

The Comprehensive Assessment of Rational Thinking
Stanovich, Keith E.
Educational Psychologist, Vol. 51 Issue 1 – 2016: 23 - 34

10.1080/00461520.2015.1125787

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Research Byte: Introduction to Special Section of Educational Psychologist on Educational Assessment: Validity Arguments and Evidence—Blending Cognitive, Instructional, and Measurement Models and Methods via BrowZine

Introduction to Special Section of Educational Psychologist on Educational Assessment: Validity Arguments and Evidence—Blending Cognitive, Instructional, and Measurement Models and Methods
Pellegrino, James W.
Educational Psychologist, Vol. 51 Issue 1 – 2016: 57 - 58

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Brain Growth Chart Could Detect Attention Problems



Brain Growth Chart Could Detect Attention Problems

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When we take our young children to the doctor for a well-child checkup, an important component of the visit is to plot and then track the child's…

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Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Earl Buzz Hunt passes - one of the giants upon whose shoulders we stand

It is with sadness that I report that I just learned that one of the giants in the field of intelligence has passed--Dr. Earl Buzz Hunt. A link to his university web page is here.

One of his many great contributions was one of the better books on human intelligence. Click here for more info.

 

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Research Byte: Reading disability and enhanced dynamic spatial reasoning: A review of the literature via BrowZine

Reading disability and enhanced dynamic spatial reasoning: A review of the literature
Gilger, Jeffrey W.; Allen, Kristina; Castillo, Anabel
Brain and Cognition, Vol. 105 – 2016: 55 - 65

10.1016/j.bandc.2016.03.005

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Do brain training apps actually improve cognition? Neuroscie...

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Tuesday, April 05, 2016

Is Swearing a Sign of a Limited Vocabulary?



Is Swearing a Sign of a Limited Vocabulary?

When words fail us, we curse. At least this is what the "poverty-of-vocabulary" (POV) hypothesis would have us believe. On this account, swearing is the…

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Sunday, April 03, 2016

Mindfulness Training Leads to Brain Changes in Vets With PTSD



Mindfulness Training Leads to Brain Changes in Vets With PTSD

New research shows the promise of mindfulness training for helping veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) manage the memories…

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