Clocking the mind : mental chronometry and individual differences / by Arthur R. Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Arthur Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time perception.

Neuropsychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mental Chronometry (MC) comprises a variety of techniques for measuring the speed with which the brain processes information.First developed in mid-1800, MC was subsequently eclipsed by more complex and practically useful types of psychometric tests stemming from Alfred Binet. This class of mental tests, however, has no true metric relating the test scores to any specific properties of the brain per se. The scores merely represent an ordinal scale, only ranking individuals according to their overall performance on a variety of complex mental tasks. The resulting scores represent no more th

Contents:

Cover; Clocking the Mind: Mental Chronometry and Individual Differences; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. A Brief Chronology of Mental Chronometry; Chapter 2. Chronometric Terminology and Paradigms; Chapter 3. Reaction Time as a Function of Experimental Conditions; Chapter 4. The Measurement of Chronometric Variables; Chapter 5. Chronometry of Mental Development; Chapter 6. Chronometry of Cognitive Aging; Chapter 7. The Heritability of Chronometric Variables; Chapter 8. The Factor Structure of Reaction Time in Elementary Cognitive Tasks

Chapter 9. Correlated Chronometric and Psychometric VariablesChapter 10. Sensory Intake Speed and Inspection Time; Chapter 11. Theory of the Correlation Between Response Time and Intelligence; Chapter 12. The Relation of RT to Other Psychological Variables; Chapter 13. Clinical and Medical Uses of Chronometry; Chapter 14. Standardizing Chronometry; References; Jensen References on Chronometry not cited in the text; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-63562-2

9786610635627

0-08-046372-X

OCLC:

437173754