Several abnormalities in the central nervous system were shown in patients with progressive muscular dystrophy using computerised tomography (CT) scans, electroencephalograms, psychometry, and ophthalmological methods. In congenital muscular dystrophy, the most characteristic finding in the CT scan was a low density area in the white matter, seen in 14 (56%) out of 25 cases. In Duchenne dystrop...

Puzzles play a central role in our everyday lives with exciting potentials. As assessments in education and psychometry, puzzles are among the most frequently used tools (Verguts & Boeck, 2000). A well-known example is the odd one out puzzle of IQ tests (Carter, 2005). There exist dedicated word puzzles to test or improve a wide array of skills including language skills, verbal aptitude, logica...

OBJECTIVE To test Goldman's dilemma on a general population sample by asking whether they would take the Faustian bargain of a drug that guaranteed sporting success but would result in their death in 5 years' time. Between 1982 and 1995 a bi-annual survey using this dilemma suggested half of all elite athletes would take the drug. DESIGN A random telephone survey of 250 members of the Austral...

There is a paucity of information regarding the late effects of methyl-iso-cyanate (MIC) poisoning. In this study, the clinical and cognitive functions of 52 MIC victims were evaluated one year after the Bhopal gas accident. There were 15 severely, 14 moderately, and 23 mildly affected patients. Their mean age was 38.2 (range 15-65) years and 30 patients were males. Their clinical picture was d...

The celebrated Gini(-Simpson) biodiversity index has found very useful applications in ecology, bio-environmetrics, econometry, psychometry, genetics, and lately in bioinformatics as well. In such applications, mostly, categorical data models, without possibly an ordering of the categories, crop up, which may preempt routine use of conventional measures of quantitative diversity analysis. Furth...

In the psycho-diagnostics of individual, it is important for specialists to be able select research methods, provide their psychometric criteria, know stages compiling and adapting questionnaires, apply them interpret empirical indicators. Such skills are provided at stage professional preparation students majoring in psychology. The article analyzes results study competencies psychology prepar...

ResumoO Exame Nacional do Ensino Médio (ENEM) tem se constituido como uma das principais políticas de avaliação da qualidade educação básica brasileira. A expansão exame e as atribuições a ele investidas tornaram imprescindíveis discussões acerca sua estrutura qualidade. Com o intuito contribuir para esta temática, este artigo objetivo analisar 11 itens Matemática provas ENEM 2016 2018, que ref...

Some psychics and healers claim to obtain impressions of body sensations, visual images of organ dysfunctions, or an “inner knowing”. However, there are few reports of quantitatively evaluated studies with psychics. They sometimes perform “psychometry”, which is defined as an anomalous cognition system, specifically the ability to get “impressions” from objects. Usually it is described as a typ...