Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Flynn Effect Reference Project update 07-31-18

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The Flynn Effect Reference Project document has just been updated.  It now includes 302 references.  Access can be found at this prior p...
Sunday, July 29, 2018

How to start training applied psychometrician’s early

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

When Mind Wandering is a Strategy, Not a Disadvantage

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When Mind Wandering is a Strategy, Not a Disadvantage https://www.psychologicalscience.org/publications/observer/obsonline/when-mind-wanderi...

Searching for the fundamental mental processes that cut across diagnostic categories, driving confusion and distress

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---- Searching for the fundamental mental processes that cut across diagnostic categories, driving confusion and distress ...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

White matter matters: Changes in white matter tracts due to reading intervention

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More research supporting “ white matter matters ”. Rapid and widespread white matter plasticity during an intensive reading intervent...
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

There's No Way to Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease Right Now. Bill Gates Wants to Change That

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There's No Way to Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease Right Now. Bill Gates Wants to Change That http://time.com/5341036/bill-gates-alzheim...
Monday, July 16, 2018

What is an applied psychometrician?

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I wear a number of hats within the broad filed of educational psychology.  One is that of an applied psychometrician.  Whenever anyone asks ...
Sunday, July 15, 2018

Excellent conceptual suggestion for organizing mind wandering research

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Trends in Cognitive Sciences , June 2018, Vol. 22, No. 6 ABSTRACT As empirical research on mind-wandering accelerates, we draw attenti...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

Using Gt distribution parameters to predict executive functions in AHDH: Study consistent with Schneider & McGrew 2018 CHC update chapter

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Interesting article consistent with what Joel Schneider and I discussed in our latest CHC Intelligence theory update chapter. Click here fo...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

Great psychometric resource: The Wiley Handbook of Psychometric Testing.

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I just received my two volume set of this excellent resource on psychometric testing.  There are not many good books that cover such a bro...
Sunday, July 08, 2018

Practice or retest effects in measures of working memory capacity (Gwm): A meta-analysis

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Retest effects in working memory capacity tests: A meta-analysis Jana Scharfen, Katrin Jansen, Heinz Holling. Article link © Psychonomic So...

Nice visual graphic of cognitive load theory

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Waves move across the human brain to support memory

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Waves move across the human brain to support memory https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-06-human-brain-memory.html Sent from Flipboard
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

How to keep your memory as you age: Annual Review of Psychology

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Annual Review of Psychology: Successful Memory Aging. Article link . Lars Nyberg and Sara Pudas Abstract For more than 50 years, psy...
Monday, July 02, 2018

Napping associated with better cognitive function in older adults

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I should live a long time  Napping associated with better cognitive function in older adults https://www.healio.com/family-medicine/sleep-me...

BRAIN Publication Roundup – June 2018

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BRAIN Publication Roundup – June 2018 https://brainupdate.nih.gov/2018/06/27/brain-publication-roundup-june-2018/ Sent from Flipboard
Sunday, July 01, 2018

Routine Psychological Testing of the Individual Is Not Valid.

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Routine Psychological Testing of the Individual Is Not Valid. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29958516 Sent from Flipboard
Thursday, June 28, 2018

Human Spatial Navigation

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Human Spatial Navigation https://www.amazon.com/Human-Spatial-Navigation-Arne-Ekstrom/dp/0691171742/ Sent from Flipboard
Sunday, June 24, 2018

Lack of group-to-individual generalizability is a threat to human subjects research

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Something we all learned and have known at some point, but which we often forget when extrapolating from group-based research statistics/par...

Constraints on Generality (COG): A Proposed Addition to All Empirical Papers - Daniel J. Simons, Yuichi Shoda, D. Stephen Lindsay, 2017

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Constraints on Generality (COG): A Proposed Addition to All Empirical Papers - Daniel J. Simons, Yuichi Shoda, D. Stephen Lindsay, 2017 http...