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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dyslexic participants show intact spontaneous categorization processes.

30 Jul 2009 We examine the performance of dyslexic participants on an unsupervised categorization task against that of matched non-dyslexic control participants. Unsupervised categorization is a cognitive process critical for conceptual development. Existing ... Read more...

[Who will be a good physician? Admission procedures for medical and dental students]

30 Jul 2009 Since 2005, German universities are free to select 60% of their freshmen according to their own admission processes. In 2008, selection of medical students in Germany was mainly based on grades achieved in final school examinations (Abiturnote). ... Read more...

Toward a science of exceptional achievement: attaining superior performance through deliberate practice.

30 Jul 2009 Exceptional performance is frequently attributed to genetic differences in talent. Since Sir Francis Galton's book, Hereditary Genius, many scientists have cited heritable factors that set limits of performance and only allow some individuals to ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Aptitude'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dyslexic participants show intact spontaneous categorization processes. 30 Jul 2009
• [Who will be a good physician? Admission procedures for medical and dental students] 30 Jul 2009
• Toward a science of exceptional achievement: attaining superior performance through deliberate practice. 30 Jul 2009
• The rapid development of explicit gaze judgment ability at 3 years. 26 Jul 2009
• [Anesthesiologist's aptitude for peri-operative detection and treatment of latex allergy] 29 Jun 2009
• Characteristics of youth soccer players who drop out, persist or move up. 29 Jun 2009
• Conceptualizing autism: the role for emergence. 29 Jun 2009
• Differentiation of cognitive abilities across the life span. 29 Jun 2009
• Predicting vigilance: a fresh look at an old problem. 29 Jun 2009
• The effects of response instructions on situational judgment test performance and validity in a high-stakes context. 29 Jun 2009
• Relating indices of knowledge structure coherence and accuracy to skill-based performance: Is there utility in using a combination of indices? 29 Jun 2009
• Clarifying the role of social comparison in the big-fish-little-pond effect (BFLPE): an integrative study. 29 Jun 2009
• Artistic talent in dyslexia--a hypothesis. 26 Jun 2009
• [Driving ability and dementia] 26 Jun 2009
• The influence of social variables and moral disengagement on prosocial and antisocial behaviours in field hockey and netball. 30 May 2009
• Tactical skills of world-class youth soccer teams. 30 May 2009
• Gender, culture, and mathematics performance. 30 May 2009
• The role of musical aptitude and language skills in preattentive duration processing in school-aged children. 26 May 2009
• Stereotypes of autism. 25 May 2009
• Precocious realists: perceptual and cognitive characteristics associated with drawing talent in non-autistic children. 25 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Aptitude'

Definition: The ability to acquire general or special types of knowledge or skill.

Descriptor UI: D001076

Alternative terms: Aptitude; Aptitudes; Ability; Abilities; Talent; Talents;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.784.629.131;

Online Note: use APTITUDE to search TALENT 1966-78

History Note: TALENT was see under APTITUDE 1963-78