Who's 'whoswho'?
Who's 'whoswho'?
Wondering who user 'whoswho' is... Respect for coming to this site and smashing most of the best scores here.
How far have you got to on the PASAT - level 8, 9?
How far have you got to on the PASAT - level 8, 9?
cevapcici | 3 years ago
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PASAT 8. I understand that you're surprised by that. But I am just one 'human' like you and most of the users on this site. ;)
whoswho | 3 years ago
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Interesting article on PASAT: http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/Class/Psy158H/PrevHonors/Z08/literature_review.htm
whoswho may be a highly educated mathematician. Pardon my hypothesizing whilst you dodge cevapcici's question. ;^)
whoswho may be a highly educated mathematician. Pardon my hypothesizing whilst you dodge cevapcici's question. ;^)
argumzio | 3 years ago
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Sorry for delaying. I've been very busy these days.
I'm just a university student majoring in medical field.
I'm just a university student majoring in medical field.
whoswho | 3 years ago
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Very good. Perhaps you entertain other interests besides those in the medical field. You need not expound on that.
If not through amazement, then maybe by way of envy you have excited others to reach to the higher levels of PASAT. I always find this is a healthy form of motivation.
I wonder what practical application such a skill entails, however....
If not through amazement, then maybe by way of envy you have excited others to reach to the higher levels of PASAT. I always find this is a healthy form of motivation.
I wonder what practical application such a skill entails, however....
argumzio | 3 years ago
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Because there was no clear front runner for the higher reaches of the PASAT, one should not be surprised when someone turns up who fits the bill.
To continue the guinea-piggery, what I would like to know about whoswho is whether his/her standardised scores and educational experience have been similarly stellar.
(Amusingly, one of the papers referenced in the above article: 'The subjective experience of PASAT testing: Does the PASAT induce negative mood?')
To continue the guinea-piggery, what I would like to know about whoswho is whether his/her standardised scores and educational experience have been similarly stellar.
(Amusingly, one of the papers referenced in the above article: 'The subjective experience of PASAT testing: Does the PASAT induce negative mood?')
cevapcici | 3 years ago
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This abstract also mentions a notable "amount of anxiety and frustration" in test-takers. I have to admit that upon first taking the test it did not leave one with a pleasant feeling.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2006 Jan;21(1):53-76. Epub 2005 Nov 14. A comprehensive review of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT). Tombaugh TN.
The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) was developed to assess the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on cognitive functioning. Subsequent research has shown that the PASAT has clinical utility in detecting impairments in cognitive processing in patients with a wide variety of neuropsychological syndromes. Gronwall and Sampson (1974) originally assumed the PASAT measured speed of information processing. However, the PASAT is now recognized as a measure of multiple functional domains because it requires the successful completion of a variety of cognitive functions, primarily those related to attention. While the PASAT has demonstrated good psychometric properties such as high levels of internal consistency and test-retest reliability, several issues should be considered when administering and interpreting this test. For example, test-retest scores show that the PASAT is extremely susceptible to practice effects. The PASAT is also negatively affected by increasing age, decreasing IQ, and low math ability. Administration of the PASAT creates an undue amount of anxiety and frustration in participants which affects their performance on this and other neuropsychological tests, and may subsequently increase their reluctance to return for follow up testing. Demands for rapid responding place individuals with speech or language impairment at a distinct disadvantage, as it does for those who naturally speak slowly for cultural or geographic reasons. In conclusion, the PASAT represents a reliable test that has legitimate but restricted clinical applications. A low score on the PASAT may not necessarily indicate or confirm the presence of neurological pathology. The PASAT is a highly sensitive, non-specific test and as such, care must be taken to identify the reasons underlying any low score before interpreting it as clinically significant.
Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2006 Jan;21(1):53-76. Epub 2005 Nov 14. A comprehensive review of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT). Tombaugh TN.
The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) was developed to assess the effects of traumatic brain injury (TBI) on cognitive functioning. Subsequent research has shown that the PASAT has clinical utility in detecting impairments in cognitive processing in patients with a wide variety of neuropsychological syndromes. Gronwall and Sampson (1974) originally assumed the PASAT measured speed of information processing. However, the PASAT is now recognized as a measure of multiple functional domains because it requires the successful completion of a variety of cognitive functions, primarily those related to attention. While the PASAT has demonstrated good psychometric properties such as high levels of internal consistency and test-retest reliability, several issues should be considered when administering and interpreting this test. For example, test-retest scores show that the PASAT is extremely susceptible to practice effects. The PASAT is also negatively affected by increasing age, decreasing IQ, and low math ability. Administration of the PASAT creates an undue amount of anxiety and frustration in participants which affects their performance on this and other neuropsychological tests, and may subsequently increase their reluctance to return for follow up testing. Demands for rapid responding place individuals with speech or language impairment at a distinct disadvantage, as it does for those who naturally speak slowly for cultural or geographic reasons. In conclusion, the PASAT represents a reliable test that has legitimate but restricted clinical applications. A low score on the PASAT may not necessarily indicate or confirm the presence of neurological pathology. The PASAT is a highly sensitive, non-specific test and as such, care must be taken to identify the reasons underlying any low score before interpreting it as clinically significant.
argumzio | 3 years ago
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Standardized score - IQ ?
On the intelligence tests such as WAIS-r or Advanced Raven's Progressive Matrices, I got the ceiling score.
On the intelligence tests such as WAIS-r or Advanced Raven's Progressive Matrices, I got the ceiling score.
whoswho | 3 years ago
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Yeah, I'll say those are some absurdly impressive results!
So really though, memory savant, just a super genius, or did you practice day and night somewhere else just to spit us all (which would probably still entail genius)? :)
So really though, memory savant, just a super genius, or did you practice day and night somewhere else just to spit us all (which would probably still entail genius)? :)
benjamin | 3 years ago
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Here we go with the hackneyed "you're a genius!"
Let me ask whoswho a meaningful question: how long have you been training on PASAT?
Let me ask whoswho a meaningful question: how long have you been training on PASAT?
? | 3 years ago
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whoswho | 3 years ago
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I'm not a savant.
But I always feel that my memory or process speed are somewhat different from other people. That's all.
But I always feel that my memory or process speed are somewhat different from other people. That's all.
whoswho | 3 years ago
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This raises the question as to how someone like Kim Peek would do on the dual n-back. Granted, Peek is an extreme case of deficits and recall talents; savants with overall higher functioning might be more amenable to training; though given the dual nature of the task, they may not perform any better than someone with a similar IQ...but I would be curious to know if savants have advantage or not on dual tasks.
milestones | 3 years ago
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Well..
I think savnats never can perform the task. 'Cause WM consists not only of STM storage but also of executive function(or central executive) which is maybe a weak point of them.
I think savnats never can perform the task. 'Cause WM consists not only of STM storage but also of executive function(or central executive) which is maybe a weak point of them.
? | 3 years ago
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Although I know everyone can recognizes the correct pattern by conceptually driven processing, I have to modify this;'savnats' to 'savants'
? | 3 years ago
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