A Proposal for the Evaluation of Biological Influences upon Cognition.

Abstract

Cognitive behavior depends upon both educational and medical factors; i.e. what a person knows and how well the person is. A complete examination of a person's functioning would include both physical and mental functioning, insofar as the latter could be viewed as a concomitant of physical condition. Tests of cognitive behavior that have developed for educational and personnel selection settings, however, may not be appropriate or feasible in medical settings. The appropriate criteria for mental testing allied with both medical maintenance and biologically oriented research are considered. Some examples are given of the sort of mental functions that should be tested. Illustrative performance tests are provided in the appendix. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA067305

Entities

People

  • Earl Hunt

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Biomedical Research
  • Cognition
  • Computers
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Performance Tests
  • Psychology
  • Public Health
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

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