Stupid IQ test

Here is another in the series of IQ’s Corner “IQ Test CHC DNA Fingerprint” test comparison series.

Interesting video discussing a connection between a disorder ( Parkinson’s ) clearly linked to problems with the brain clock (esp. dopamine and the basal ganglia ) and music/rhythm perception . Technorati Tags: mental time keeping , brain clock , brain rhythm , IQ Brain Clock , music perception , music therapy , psychology , neuropsychology , intelligence , Parkinsons , cognition , brain rhythm , school psychology , educational psychology

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Brain clock, Parkinson’s and music

In IAP Research Report # 9 (B rain rhythm treatment efficacy:  Can we fine-tune our brain clocks ), it was concluded (after reviewing 23 studies) that “rhythm-based mental-timing treatments have merit for clinical use and warrant increased clinical use and research attention.”   Additionally, it was concluded that: Positive treatment outcomes were reported for four forms of rhythm-based treatment . Positive outcomes were also observed for normal subjects and, more importantly, across a variety of clinical disorders (e.g., aphasia, apraxia, coordination/movement disorders, TBI, CP, Parkinson’s disease, stroke/CVA, Down’s syndrome, ADHD) Most rhythm-based brain-based interventions (the RAS, AOS-RRT and SMT treatment studies) all employed some form of auditory-based metronome to pace or cue the subjects targeted rhythmic behavior. External metronome-based rhythm tools (tapping to a beat, metronome-based rhythmic pacing, rhythmic-cuing via timed pulses/beats) is a central tool to improving temporal processing and mental-timing.

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Brain rhythm treatment effectiveness: More complex multisensory synchronization may be better?

I will be on the road again.

This weeks “recent literature of interest ” is now available . Click here to view or download. Information regarding this feature, its basis, and the reasons for type of references included in each weekly installment can be found in a prior post .

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IQs Corner Recent Literature of Interest 02-26-10

Description from PAR web page. The PAR Assessment Toolkit was created to provide assistance to psychologists, mental health workers, and anyone else who administers standardized assessments. This toolkit features several helpful tools such as: • Normal curve - an illustration of a standard bell curve is included for use in discussion with patients or other professionals • Conversion chart - included to provide an error-free means of converting between t-scores, z-scores, percentiles, and standard score.

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PAR assessment related iPhone App.

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This weeks “recent literature of interest ” is now available . Click here to view or download

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IQs Corner Recent Literature of Interest 02-21-10

Thanks to Bob Williams for sending me a link to the papers presented at the annual 2009 ISIR (International Society for Intelligence Research) conference held this past December in Madrid, Spain.  I was unable to attend ISIR this past year and very much missed the conference—-clearly the best conference re: state-of-the-art research on human intelligence.  I plan to restart my regular attendance in 2010. Technorati Tags: psychology , educational psychology , school psychology , forensicy psychology , cognition , intelligence , IQ , IQ tests , IQ scores , ISIR , IQs Corner

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ISIR 2009 conference papers summary

Interesting article “in press” in Intelligence that compares WAIS and Stanford Binet IQ scores (across different editions except the current SB5 and WAIS-IV) for adults with intellectual disability (ID/MR).  Although the mixing together of scores across different editions makes it impossible to make SB/WAIS-specific edition comparisons, the finding that the WAIS scores were, on the average (mean), almost 17 points higher may surprise many psychologists.  The authors discuss the real-life implications (i.e., Atkins ID death penalty decisions; eligibility for SS benefits, etc.) of different scores from different tests.  As outlined in a prior IAP AP101 special report , differences of this magnitude between different IQ tests should not be surprising.  Silverman, W., Miezejeski, C., Ryan, R., Zigman, W., Krinsky-McHale & Urv, T.

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IQ test selection could be life-or-death decision: WAIS v SB score differences in ID/MR sample