Attention tests in different stimulus presentation modes: A facet model of performance in attention tests.
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/jid/33/3/146
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Article: Attention tests in different stimulus presentation modes: A facet model of performance in attention tests.
Attention tests in different stimulus presentation modes: A facet model of performance in attention tests.
http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/jid/33/3/146
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Richard Woodcock Institute on Cognitive Assessment: Sept 29, Tufts Univerity
The inaugural Richard Woodcock Institute for Measurement of Contemporary Cognitive Assessment is being held at Tufts University this September 29. Registration information and a PDF file is available at the Woodcock-Munoz Foundation web page.
Conflict of interest disclosure: I am the Research Director for the WMF.
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Article: NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White Matter
NeuroApps: MRI Atlas of Human White Matter
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/neuroapps-mri-atlas-human/id508105278
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Article: Wider letter spacing helps dyslexic children
Wider letter spacing helps dyslexic children
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Article: How to train your mind to remember anything
How to train your mind to remember anything
http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/10/opinion/foer-ted-memory/index.html
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012
Executive function in early childhood: Longitudinal measurement invariance and developmental change.
Executive function in early childhood: Longitudinal measurement invariance and developmental change.
Psychological Assessment - Vol 22, Iss 2
This study tested the longitudinal measurement invariance and developmental changes of a newly developed battery of executive function (EF) tasks for use in early childhood. The battery was administered in the Family Life Project—a prospective longitudinal study (N = 1,292) of families who were oversampled from low-income and African American families at the birth of a new child—at assessments conducted when the child was 3, 4, and 5 years old. All 6 individual EF tasks exhibited strong measurement invariance over time. The EF battery, which was derived from the 6 individual tasks, exhibited partial strong invariance over time. Second-order latent growth curve models revealed individual differences in the levels but not rates of change in latent EF ability. The functional form of change was nonlinear; 60% of the total change in EF ability that was observed between the 3- and 5-year assessments occurred between the Year 3 and Year 4 assessments. Results are discussed with respect to the importance of establishing scalable measures of EF ability prior to investigating experiences that predict or are predicted by changes in EF during early childhood. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)Sent with Reeder
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Construct validity and case validity in assessment.
Psychological Assessment - Vol 22, Iss 2
Clinical assessment relies on both construct validity, which focuses on the accuracy of conclusions about a psychological phenomenon drawn from responses to a measure, and case validity, which focuses on the synthesis of the full range of psychological phenomena pertaining to the concern or question at hand. Whereas construct validity is grounded in understanding causal influences of a distinct phenomenon on responses to various measures and life contexts, case validity encompasses the joint influences of multiple phenomena on individuals' responses. Two sets of distinctions essential to understanding psychological phenomena, hence to understanding construct validity, are (a) implicit and explicit versions of personality constructs and (b) ability and personality as versions of constructs measured by performance tests presenting maximal and typical conditions, respectively. Since both implicit and explicit versions of constructs interface with maximal or typical performance conditions, case validity requires systematic inclusion of these distinctions in assessment protocols. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)Sent with Reeder
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Determining the number of factors to retain in an exploratory factor analysis using comparison data of known factorial structure.
Psychological Assessment - Vol 22, Iss 2
Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is used routinely in the development and validation of assessment instruments. One of the most significant challenges when one is performing EFA is determining how many factors to retain. Parallel analysis (PA) is an effective stopping rule that compares the eigenvalues of randomly generated data with those for the actual data. PA takes into account sampling error, and at present it is widely considered the best available method. We introduce a variant of PA that goes even further by reproducing the observed correlation matrix rather than generating random data. Comparison data (CD) with known factorial structure are first generated using 1 factor, and then the number of factors is increased until the reproduction of the observed eigenvalues fails to improve significantly. We evaluated the performance of PA, CD with known factorial structure, and 7 other techniques in a simulation study spanning a wide range of challenging data conditions. In terms of accuracy and robustness across data conditions, the CD technique outperformed all other methods, including a nontrivial superiority to PA. We provide program code to implement the CD technique, which requires no more specialized knowledge or skills than performing PA. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)Sent with Reeder
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Successful training of visual-spatial (Gv) abilities: Meta analysis with implications for STEM fields
Interesting "in press" meta-analysis (over 200 studies) indicating that the training of visual-spatial skills (Gv) can improve Gv abilities (effect size = .47) and the results can generalize beyond the training tasks. Implications for STEM fields suggested.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Article: School Psychology Tools - YoungStone Innovations LLC $34.99
School Psychology Tools - YoungStone Innovations LLC $34.99
http://www.dealnay.com/3334055/school-psychology-tools-youngstone-innovations-llc.html
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Reynold's Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) archive 6-5-12
There have been a number of threads about the RIAS on a couple of listservs in the past year. It happened again today on a neuropsych related listserv. Dr. Cecil Reynolds generously shared 11 different files (book chapters, reviews, a PPT module, articles) related to the RIAS with this particular listserv. I offered to make this post, with a link to all these manuscripts, so that Dr. Reynolds and others would not have to repeat this "request-for-information/send attachment" cycle on listservs.
With Dr. Reynold's permission I have taken all the documents he shared with this particular listserv, added in two additional RIAS related journal article in my archive system, and have put them in a large single zip file that can be downloaded by clicking here. Readers will need to download the file and then unzip it on their hard drive to access all documents.
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Article: Interview with Daniel Kahneman on the Pitfalls of Intuition and Memory
Interview with Daniel Kahneman on the Pitfalls of Intuition and Memory
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/interview-with-daniel-kahneman-on-the-pitfalls-of-intuition-and-memory-a-834407.html
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Psychological Methods - Volume 17, Issue 2
Another one for my quantoid readers
Developmental Psychology - Online First Publications
The following articles have been published online this week before they appear in a final print and online issue of Developmental Psychology:
Psychological Assessment - Volume 24, Issue 2
A new issue is available for the following APA journal:
The malleability of spatial skills: Meta-analysis of training studies
Online First Publications
The following articles have been published online this week before they appear in a final print and online issue of Psychological Bulletin:
Psychometrika, Vol. 77, Issue 3 - New Issue Alert
For the quantoid readers
Tuesday, June 5
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A Composite Likelihood Inference in Latent Variable Models for Ordinal Longitudinal Responses Vassilis G. S. Vasdekis, Silvia Cagnone & Irini Moustaki Abstract Full text PDF
Exploratory Bi-factor Analysis: The Oblique Case Robert I. Jennrich & Peter M. Bentler Abstract
The Heteroscedastic Graded Response Model with a Skewed Latent Trait: Testing Statistical and Substantive Hypotheses Related to Skewed Item Category Functions Dylan Molenaar, Conor V. Dolan & Paul de Boeck Abstract
An Isotonic Partial Credit Model for Ordering Subjects on the Basis of Their Sum Scores Rudy Ligtvoet Abstract
Multidimensional CAT Item Selection Methods for Domain Scores and Composite Scores: Theory and Applications Lihua Yao Abstract
Functional Extended Redundancy Analysis Heungsun Hwang, Hye Won Suk, Jang-Han Lee, D. S. Moskowitz & Jooseop Lim Abstract
Confidence Bounds and Power for the Reliability of Observational Measures on the Quality of a Social Setting Yongyun Shin & Stephen W. Raudenbush Abstract
Using the Criterion-Predictor Factor Model to Compute the Probability of Detecting Prediction Bias with Ordinary Least Squares Regression Steven Andrew Culpepper Abstract
A Two-Step Bayesian Approach for Propensity Score Analysis: Simulations and Case Study David Kaplan & Jianshen Chen Abstract
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Erratum to: A Two-Step Bayesian Approach for Propensity Score Analysis: Simulations and Case Study David Kaplan & Jianshen Chen Abstract
Book Review
J.M. HILBE (2011) Negative Binomial Regression, second edition. Timothy R. Johnson Abstract
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H. YANAI, K. TAKEUCHI, & Y. TAKANE (2011) Projection Matrices, Generalized Inverse Matrices, and Singular Value Decomposition. Jos M. F. ten Berge Abstract
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Dual process cognition theories. Special issue of Mind & Society, Vol. 11, Issue 1
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Special issue on: Dual process theories of human thought: the debate Laura Macchi, David Over & Riccardo Viale Abstract Full text HTML
Defining features versus incidental correlates of Type 1 and Type 2 processing Keith E. Stanovich & Maggie E. Toplak Abstract
Dual processes, probabilities, and cognitive architecture Mike Oaksford & Nick Chater Abstract
Probabilities, beliefs, and dual processing: the paradigm shift in the psychology of reasoning Shira Elqayam & David Over Abstract
Dual systems and dual attitudes Keith Frankish Abstract
Intuitive and analytical processes in insight problem solving: a psycho-rhetorical approach to the study of reasoning Laura Macchi & Maria Bagassi Abstract
Rational decision making: balancing RUN and JUMP modes of analysis Tilmann Betsch & Carsten Held Abstract
The social functions of explicit coherence evaluation Hugo Mercier Abstract
Analytic thinking: do you feel like it? Valerie Thompson & Kinga Morsanyi Abstract
Implicit cognition, emotion, and meta-cognitive control Ron Sun & Robert C. Mathews Abstract
Spot the difference: distinguishing between two kinds of processing Jonathan St. B. T. Evans Abstract
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