Intelligence Tests

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German Observational Study of Adult Twins (GOSAT): a multimodal investigation of personality, temperament and cognitive ability.

The German Observational Study of Adult Twins (GOSAT) is the largest population-based observational twin study in Germany to date. Embedded in the Bielefeld Longitudinal Study of Adult Twins (BiLSAT), it addresses the etiology of personality, temperament ...
Frank M Spinath, Alois Angleitner, Peter Borkenau, Rainer Riemann, Heike Wolf (Twin Res, 200210)
german-observational-study-adult-twins-gosat-multimodal.asp

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We talk, therefore we think? A cultural analysis of the effect of talking on thinking.

The Western assumption that talking is connected to thinking is not shared in the East. The research examines how the actual psychology of individuals reflects these different cultural assumptions. In Study 1, Asian Americans and European Americans ...
Heejung S Kim (J Pers Soc Psychol, 200210)
talk-think-cultural-analysis-effect-talking-thinking.asp

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Correlation between spectral EEG parameters and intelligence test variables in school-age children.

OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between the degree of intelligence and spectral electroencephalographic (EEG) parameters and to find out which EEG variables are relevant for this correlation. METHODS: Bipolar 1 ...
R G Schmid, W S Tirsch, H Scherb (Clin Neurophysiol, 200210)
correlation-spectral-eeg-parameters-intelligence-test-variables.asp

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Associations between premorbid intellectual performance, early-life exposures and early-onset schizophrenia. Cohort study.

BACKGROUND: Impaired intellectual performance is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. AIMS: To investigate whether this association is due to the influence of prenatal and early childhood exposures on both intellectual development and the ...
David Gunnell, Glynn Harrison, Finn Rasmussen, Dimitris Fouskakis, Per Tynelius (Br J Psychiatry, 200210)
associations-premorbid-intellectual-performance-early-life-exposures.asp

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A study of IQ in Lithuania.

Data for the Colored Progressive Matrices were collected for a sample of 259 8- to 12-yr.-old children in Lithuania in 1999. In relation to the British 1979 standardization sample the mean IQ of the Lithuanian children was 92.2. Adjusted for the ...
Richard Lynn, Vilte Kazlauskaite (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
study-iq-lithuania.asp

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Two-year test-retest reliability of the colored progressive matrices.

The Raven Colored Progressive Matrices was administered to a sample of 259 children in Lithuania and re-administered 2 years later. The test-retest reliability was ...
Vilte Kazlauskaite, Richard Lynn (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
two-year-test-retest-reliability-colored-progressive-matrices.asp

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Assessing secure base behavior in adulthood: development of a measure, links to adult attachment representations, and relations to couples communication and reports of relationships.

A focus on the secure base phenomenon creates a framework for exploring the function of the attachment system in adulthood. Engaged couples (N = 157) were videotaped in a problem-solving interaction and assessed using the Secure Base Scoring System ...
Judith A Crowell, Dominique Treboux, Yuan Gao, Celene Fyffe, Helen Pan, Everett Waters (Dev Psychol, 200209)
assessing-secure-base-behavior-adulthood-development-measure-links.asp

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Childrens intellectual and emotional-behavioral adjustment at 4 years as a function of cocaine exposure, maternal characteristics, and environmental risk.

The authors examined 223 children at age 4 years for the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure, exposure to other substances, maternal and environmental risk factors, and neonatal medical problems on IQ, externalizing problems, and internalizing problems. ...
David S Bennett, Margaret Bendersky, Michael Lewis (Dev Psychol, 200209)
children-s-intellectual-emotional-behavioral-adjustment-years.asp

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Cognitive findings in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2: relationship to genetic and clinical variables.

Several authors have recently reported a broad cognitive impairment in autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxias (ADCAs) patients. However, only a few studies on neuropsychological features in spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) patients are present in the ...
Francesco Le Pira, Giuseppe Zappalà, Riccardo Saponara, Elisabetta Domina, Domenico Restivo, Ester Reggio, Alessandra Nicoletti, Salvatore Giuffrida (J Neurol Sci, 200209)
cognitive-findings-spinocerebellar-ataxia-type-relationship-genetic.asp

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When a grandiose self-image is threatened: narcissism and self-concept clarity as predictors of negative emotions and aggression following ego-threat.

Two studies examined the relation between narcissism, self-concept clarity, negative emotions, and aggression based on theoretical assumptions proposed by Baumeister, Smart, and Boden (1996). Narcissism and self-concept clarity were examined as ...
Tanja S Stucke, Siegfried L Sporer (J Pers, 200208)
grandiose-self-image-threatened-narcissism-self-concept-clarity.asp