Friday, February 28, 2014

Supreme Court Case May Stop States That Still Execute Mentally Disabled

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The justices banned execution of mentally disabled people in 2002. Now they are poised to tell death penalty states that they really meant i...

Article: White matter disease more damaging than previously feared

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White matter disease more damaging than previously feared http://www.bps.org.uk/news/white-matter-disease-more-damaging-previously-feared Se...

Our Memory for Sounds is Worse Than Touch or Sight | PsyBlog - Understand Your Mind [feedly]

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Our Memory for Sounds is Worse Than Touch or Sight | PsyBlog - Understand Your Mind http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/02/our-m...
Thursday, February 27, 2014

Article: Brain Awareness Week

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Brain Awareness Week http://www.dana.org/baw/ Sent via Flipboard
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Structural and concurrent validity of the Children's Psychological Processes Scale (CPPS)

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Click on image to enlarge. Click here to read article.   Posted with Blogsy

Woodcock-Johnson IV (WJ IV) NASP 2014 introduction and overview workshop slide shows

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(Click on images to enlarge) Last week I, together with Dr. Fred Schrank and Dr. Nancy Mathe r, unveiled the new Woodcock-Joh...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Article: What if we took our models seriously? Slides from my NASP 2014 talk

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What if we took our models seriously? Slides from my NASP 2014 talk http://assessingpsyche.wordpress.com/2014/02/25/what-if-we-took-our-mode...

Intellectually disabled but on death row: The troubling case of Freddie Hall

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Hi, Marc Tasse LA Times editorial on Hall v Florida "Atkins" death penalty case before the U. S. Supreme Court I thought you'd...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Motivational constructs in reading: A recent lit review

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Good stuff. See the Beyond IQ, and MACM (Motivation and Academic Competence Model) at the MindHub for related and additional information....

Sharing Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence Relevant to Classroom Instruction with Manipulatives via BrowZine

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Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence Relevant to Classroom Instruction with Manipulatives Marley, Scott C.; Carbonneau, Kira J. ...

Article: Can the damaged brain repair itself?

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Can the damaged brain repair itself? http://www.ted.com/talks/siddharthan_chandran_can_the_damaged_brain_repair_itself.html Sent via Flipboa...

Sharing Genetic and environmental influences on general cognitive ability: Is g a valid latent construct? via BrowZine

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Genetic and environmental influences on general cognitive ability: Is g a valid latent construct? Panizzon, Matthew S.; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Sp...

Article: Gaming to see: action video gaming is associated with enhanced processing of masked stimuli.

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Gaming to see: action video gaming is associated with enhanced processing of masked stimuli. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24550879?dop...

Worlds of data in seven beautiful visualisations [feedly]

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I love good Gv-based presentations of data.  Here are some classics Worlds of data in seven beautiful visualisations // ...
Saturday, February 22, 2014

Sharing Impulsivity, intelligence, and academic performance: Testing the interaction hypothesis via BrowZine

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Impulsivity, intelligence, and academic performance: Testing the interaction hypothesis Lozano, J.H.; Gordillo, F.; Pérez, M.A. Personalit...

Sharing Multilevel Factor Analyses of Family Data From the Hawai'i Family Study of Cognition via BrowZine

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Multilevel Factor Analyses of Family Data From the Hawai'i Family Study of Cognition McArdle, J. J.; Hamagami, F.; Bautista, R.; Onoye,...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Science in court: Smart enough to die? : Nature News & Comment

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http://www.nature.com/news/science-in-court-smart-enough-to-die-1.14742

Intelligent testing : Nature News & Comment

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http://www.nature.com/news/intelligent-testing-1.14726
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

On the road

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I am traveling for a week and will be off the blogging grid. I shall return ************************************************** Kevin McGrew ...
Monday, February 17, 2014

Fun quote from Raymond Cattell on the importance of taxonomies

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- Thanks Joel.  Cattell had a keen interest in taxnomies.  There is an interesting quote in a letter between he and Jack Carroll about organ...