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LSAT Logical Reasoning Vocabulary Words

Friday, February 19th, 2010

You probably know the meanings of most words in the Logical Reasoning section. However, if you know what all the words mean, the arguments will be much easier to understand.

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LSAT Logical Reasoning Vocabulary Words

Dissertation dish: WISC-IV and WAIS-IV research dissertations during last 5 years

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

I ran a search of the ProQuest Digital Dissertation Database in search of studies involving the most recent versions of the WAIS-IV and WISC-IV .

Research Bytes 2-13-10: Neural synchrony; optimal control theory of movement

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Uhlhaas, P. Fre´de´ric, R., Rodriguez, E., Rotarska-Jagiela1,A. & Singer, W.

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Research Bytes 2-13-10: Neural synchrony; optimal control theory of movement

AP101 Brief #6: Understanding Wechsler IQ score differences–the CHC evolution of the Wechsler FS IQ score

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

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Efficacy of Interactive Metronome treatment study (Cosper, 2009): An example of a "non-example" of IM efficacy research

Friday, February 5th, 2010

As a member of the Interactive Metronome Scientific Advisory Board I am often asked to review published research studies that have investigated the IM method. Recently, a investigation of the effectiveness IM (which is a mental timing -based intervnetion) with children with attention deficit disorder and developmental coordination disorders was published in the International Journal of Rehabilitation Research . The citation and abstract for the article are reproduced below.

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Efficacy of Interactive Metronome treatment study (Cosper, 2009): An example of a "non-example" of IM efficacy research

iAbstracts: J of Individual Differences 31(1) 2010

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

WMF Human Cognitive Abilities (HCA) project update: 12-30-09 — FREE data for secondary analysis!

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

The free on-line WMF Human Cognitive Abilities (HCA) archive project was updated today. An overview of the project, with a direct link to the archive, can be found at the Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation web page (click on ” Current Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation Human Cognitive Abilities Archive “) .

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WMF Human Cognitive Abilities (HCA) project update: 12-30-09 — FREE data for secondary analysis!

Dissertation dish: WJ III/KABC-II Gv and ach AND Gs, RAN, Ga, work mem and reading

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

Visual-spatial thinking and academic achievement: A concurrent and predictive validity study by Yazzie, Anslem, Ph.D., Northern Arizona University, 2009 , 92 pages; AAT 3370650 Abstract Forty-eight students were administered the Spatial Relations and Picture Recognition subtests of Woodcock-Johnson III Visual-Spatial Thinking Cluster, Rover and Triangles subtests of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition Visual Processing Cluster, and Word Reading, Math Computation, and Spelling subtests of the Wide Range Achievement Test-Four Edition. According to previous research, several assumptions regarding visual-spatial thinking’s correlation with achievement, concurrent validity with other measures, and differences in gender and ethnicity had been found to be variant

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Dissertation dish: WJ III/KABC-II Gv and ach AND Gs, RAN, Ga, work mem and reading

Research Bytes 10-23-08: RIAS/WAIS-III,Gv,imagery,neuropsychology,test norms

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Articles that caught my eye during my weekly search of a wide range of professional literature .

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Research Bytes 10-23-08: RIAS/WAIS-III,Gv,imagery,neuropsychology,test norms

Dissertation Dish: Memory abilities in high functioning autism

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Memory abilities in children with high functioning autism spectrum disorders by Gansle, Mary Ann Thamaravelil, Ph.D., Texas Woman’s University, 2009 , 112 pages; AAT 3367231 Abstract In the present study, demographic and intellectual performance data previously collected on groups of children with Asperger Syndrome (AS) and high functioning autism (HFA) were analyzed. It was hypothesized that children and adolescents with HFA or AS would exhibit lower scores on measures of visual memory as compared to auditory memory

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Dissertation Dish: Memory abilities in high functioning autism