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Working memory capacity (WMC) and reasoning abilities—as assessed by figural matrices tests—are substantially correlated. It is controversially discussed whether this correlation is only caused by controlled attention or also by storage capacity.
Florian Domnick +3 more
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This study addresses the relationship between item response time and item accuracy (i.e., the response time accuracy correlation, RTAC) in figural matrices tests.
Nicolas Becker +3 more
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Categories children find easy and difficult to process in figural analogies
Analogical reasoning, the ability to learn about novel phenomena by relating it to structurally similar knowledge, develops with great variability in children.
Claire E Stevenson +4 more
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Multiple solutions test part I: Development and psychometric evaluation [PDF]
As people outside the context of testing seldom find themselves in situations where they are presented with limited options and a single correct answer, with all others being equally wrong, a modification of traditional intelligence tests (in terms of ...
Živanović Marko +2 more
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Executive functions in insight versus non-insight problem solving: an individual differences approach [PDF]
Original article can be found at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713685607~db=all Copyright Informa / Taylor and FrancisThis study investigated the roles of the executive functions of inhibition and switching and of verbal and visuo ...
Fioratou, E., Gilhooly, K.
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Interaction Effects between Openness and Fluid Intelligence Predicting Scholastic Performance
Figural reasoning as an indicator of fluid intelligence and the domains of the Five Factor Model were explored as predictors of scholastic performance. A total of 836 Chinese secondary school students (406 girls) from grades 7 to 11 participated. Figural
Jing Zhang, Matthias Ziegler
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Feed-forward segmentation of figure-ground and assignment of border-ownership [PDF]
Figure-ground is the segmentation of visual information into objects and their surrounding backgrounds. Two main processes herein are boundary assignment and surface segregation, which rely on the integration of global scene information.
Keil, Matthias S. +2 more
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A feed-forward spiking model of shape-coding by IT cells [PDF]
The ability to recognize a shape is linked to figure-ground (FG) organization. Cell preferences appear to be correlated across contrast-polarity reversals and mirror reversals of polygon displays, but not so much across FG reversals.
Romeo Val, August, Supèr, Hendrik Anne
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When a cognitive ability is assessed repeatedly, test scores and ability estimates are often observed to increase across test sessions. This phenomenon is known as the retest (or practice) effect.
David Jendryczko +2 more
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Cognitive dimensions of creativity: What makes the difference between creative and non creative university students? [PDF]
This paper analyses the contribution of specific cognitive functions on creative performance. The main question was which cognitive variables differentiate extreme levels of creative performance and therefore can characterize highly creative college ...
Almeida, Leandro S. +3 more
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