News tagged with psychometric testing

Walking back to happiness

(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique exercise programme which has been proven to help women living with depression has been unveiled by researchers from The University of Nottingham.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Patients with cirrhosis and impaired cognitive abilities have more motor vehicle accidents

A recent study by Jasmohan Bajaj, M.D., and colleagues from Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire VA Medical Center found that patients with cirrhosis of the liver who developed minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Discarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of molecules

(Phys.org) -- There's nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Designer shortlisted for inventive windscreen design

A Northumbria student’s design for a car windscreen that displays driver information, directions and road conditions has been shortlisted in a national transportation competition. 

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study linking browser choice and IQ level a hoax

In a truly bizarre case of what is both right and wrong with modern technology, a hoax has been uncovered regarding a story about a psychometric consulting company that had supposedly undertaken a study correlating ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

IQ level tied to choice of internet browser

In a study that is likely to incite controversy, AptiQuant, a Vancouver, British Columbia based Psychometric Consulting company has released a report that it says shows users of Microsoft Internet Explorer ...

Technology / Software

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (43) | comments 58 | with audio podcast weblog

With friends like these...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cambridge researchers have created a website that combines the Facebook profiles of fans of companies and public figures with personality testing to create what they are describing as a “revolutionary” ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Doctors should evaluate liver disease patients for cognitive impairment, address driving safety

There are potential legal ramifications for physicians of patients who drive with cognitive impairment, according to a study in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Associ ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

On the hunt for universal intelligence

How do you use a scientific method to measure the intelligence of a human being, an animal, a machine or an extra-terrestrial? So far this has not been possible, but a team of Spanish and Australian researchers ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (34) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

What makes brains of business leaders tick

Ground-breaking research will scan the brains of influential people to explore how they make decisions, using often complex and conflicting information.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Addiction index updated

The new version of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) gives health professionals the opportunity to design an integral and personalised plan of assistance for patients suffering disorders due to substance ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

70-year-olds smarter than they used to be

Today's 70-year-olds do far better in intelligence tests than their predecessors. It has also become more difficult to detect dementia in its early stages, though forgetfulness is still an early symptom, reveals new research ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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