Word: neuropsychologists
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These technologies may become an intimate part of our lives sooner than we think. "It's not so futuristic," says Stanford neuropsychologist Judy Illes, "to imagine an employer able to test for who is a good team player, who a leader or a follower." Before such scans are used, neuroethicists warn, we must understand what they can and cannot do. A device that might be helpful in personnel testing, for example, might not be rigorous enough to be used in a criminal trial, where the standard of proof is higher. That's currently the case with the polygraph. But Farah...
...fact, parents often spank out of fear, not anger. Kristy Hagar, a child neuropsychologist at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas, has spanked her daughters occasionally, when, for example, her toddler charged into oncoming traffic. Direct defiance is also seen as a valid reason for physical discipline. But there are limits on spankable offenses: spanking should never be used to punish petty misbehavior or as a result of a parent's anger...
DriveABLE was originally developed by Canadian neuropsychologist Allen Dobbs to help guide physicians in making driving-fitness decisions about patients with dementia. In a preliminary two-year study, Dobbs tested the performance of three groups of drivers: Alzheimer's patients, normal 65-and-older people and 30-to-40-year-olds. He found that the cognitively impaired drivers made different kinds of errors from normal drivers--errors that could prove deadly. He then created DriveABLE to help evaluators identify the most dangerous drivers...
...scientist, Nancy Wexler always thought she would want to know. Since watching her mother die in 1978 of Huntington's disease, the 41-year-old Columbia University neuropsychologist has wondered if she too will develop the untreatable and fatal brain disorder. She was all too aware that a child with a Huntington's parent has a 50% chance of contracting the inherited disease, usually between the ages of 35 and 45. Now the answer is hers for the asking, thanks to a complex chromosomal test Wexler herself helped devise...
...positive test result could be, Johns Hopkins, Columbia University and Massachusetts General Hospital are conducting a three-year study to determine the emotional impact of early diagnosis. "We're trying to find out what type of psychological care these people will need," says Jason Brandt, a Johns Hopkins neuropsychologist. "Will their families break up? Will they be unable to concentrate on their jobs...