Clocking the Mind: Mental Chronometry and Individual Differences

by Arthur R. Jensen

Book Overview

Mental Chronometry (MC) comprises a variety of techniques for measuring the speed with which the brain processes information.First developed in mid-1800, MC was subsequently eclipsed by more complex and practically useful types of psychometric tests stemming from Alfred Binet. This class of mental tests, however, has no true metric relating the test scores to any specific properties of the brain per se. The scores merely represent an ordinal scale,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080449395
• ISBN13: 9780080449395
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"