Monday, October 31, 2005

Resources for psych/cognitive science students

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Some very good URL links for students (and faculty) in the areas of psychology and the cognitive sciences (e.g., 100 most influential cogn...
Sunday, October 30, 2005

Executive function and autism

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Over on the MyomancyBlog is a post about executive function and autism .
Saturday, October 29, 2005

John Horn's comments on general intelligence (g)

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Over on the IAP-CHC listserv there has been a spirited exchange on the existence of g and the strengths and weaknesses of different test g...

Mental time keeping

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A very interesting post on the Science Blog re: the importance of mental/interval time keeping abilities in human performance. Why do I fin...
Friday, October 28, 2005

Metacognition, Glr, and prefrontal lateral cortex

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Also over on the Eide Neurolearning Blog - more information on the use of metacognitive strategies (e.g., chunking; organizing) in facilita...

Some info on abilities of the gifted

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For those interested in gifted individuals, the Eide Neurolearning Blog posted some information on the "evenness" of cognitive ab...

Expertise and Glr

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Over on Cognitive Dailey is an interesting post about experts and memory that might relate to understanding the CHC domains of Glr (long-t...

American Academy of School Psychology - assessment position papers

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FYI. For the school psychology readers of this blog. If you are not yet aware of the important work of the American Academy of School Psych...

Test accommodations workshop - for kids with disabilities

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FYI. I just receieved notice regarding the following assessment related conference on March 19-21, 2006. "Accommodating Students wi...

WJ III CHC test classifications - revised & updated

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I just posted a new document that provides my revised/updated CHC classifications of the WJ III cognitive and achievement tests. The docume...
Wednesday, October 26, 2005

CHC, intelligence, neuropsychology, clinical diagnosis research reports available

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The following 13 brief research reports have been posted to the Woodcock-Munoz Foundation (WMF) Programs of Research/Bulletin Board . More w...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

Predictive validity of cognitive tests in the UK - job performance

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As reported on the British Psychological Society (BPS) Research Digest Blog . Meta-analytic support for the value of cognitive tests in pred...

Texas Hold'em and CHC cognitive abilities

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It was inevitable given the popularity of Texas Hold'em poker. Someone is now attempting to hypothesize about the importance of g (gen...

Mandatory intelligence testing in schools ?

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I never thought I'd see the day where a person (Thomas Bixler) running for political office (Congress in South Dakota) has suggested man...

Gf (Induction) rule learning and brain function

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Thanks to the Eide Neurolearning blog for a post (and link to pdf copy of original article) regarding new fMRI research that sheds possib...

Executive function card game? Set?

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Interesting post on the Brain Blog (thanks) regarding the game " Set" which, according to the Brain Blog, seems to call for a g...

Tech tidbit: Google base - free online database

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I haven't checked it out yet, but the blogsphere is buzzing about a new on-line free database service from Google . If any blog reader...
Monday, October 24, 2005

Autism, executive functioning and fMRI research

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As seen over on the Science Blog - new fMRI research on the relations between autism and executive functioning.

In defense of psychological testing

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Another "blast from the past" article that I'd like to share, as one who has spent much of his career developing, administerin...

Importance of crystallized intelligence (Gc)

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I've started strolling through my e-notes for articles I have read over the past few years and thought I'd post some of the more int...