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| PHILLIP ACKERMANSummaryAffiliation: Georgia Institute of Technology Country: USA Publications
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Determinants of health knowledge: an investigation of age, gender, abilities, personality, and interestsMargaret E Beier
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332 0170, USA
J Pers Soc Psychol 84:439-48. 2003....
Use it or lose it? Wii brain exercise practice and reading for domain knowledgePhillip L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 654 Cherry Street, Atlanta, GA 30332 0170, USA
Psychol Aging 25:753-66. 2010..Implications for these findings are discussed in terms of adult intellectual development and maintenance...
Domain-specific knowledge as the "dark matter" of adult intelligence: Gf/Gc, personality and interest correlatesP L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332 0170, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 55:P69-84. 2000....
Test length and cognitive fatigue: an empirical examination of effects on performance and test-taker reactionsPhillip L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
J Exp Psychol Appl 15:163-81. 2009..The relative contributions of traits and time-on-task for cognitive fatigue are discussed, along with implications for research and practice. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved)...
Further explorations of perceptual speed abilities in the context of assessment methods, cognitive abilities, and individual differences during skill acquisitionPhillip L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 654 Cherry Street, MC 0170, Atlanta, GA 30332 0170, USA
J Exp Psychol Appl 13:249-72. 2007..Implications for research and application for computerized perceptual speed tests are discussed...
Determinants and validity of self-estimates of abilities and self-concept measuresPhillip L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
J Exp Psychol Appl 13:57-78. 2007..Results are discussed in relation to the principle of aggregation, the influences of self-evaluative judgments, and uses for self-estimates of abilities measures...
Cognitive sex differences and mathematics and science achievementPhillip L Ackerman
School of Psycology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0170, USA
Am Psychol 61:722-3; discussion 725-6. 2006
Working memory and intelligence: the same or different constructs?Phillip L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332 0170, USA
Psychol Bull 131:30-60. 2005..The authors discuss how consideration of psychometric and theoretical perspectives better informs the discussion of WM-intelligence relations...
Individual differences in working memory within a nomological network of cognitive and perceptual speed abilitiesPhillip L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Psychology Building, 274 5th Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 0170, USA
J Exp Psychol Gen 131:567-89. 2002..A nomological representation for WM is provided through a series of cognitive and PS ability models. Construct overlap between PS and WM is further investigated with attention to complexity, processing differences, and practice effects...
Ability and task constraint determinants of complex task performancePhillip L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta 30332 0170, USA
J Exp Psychol Appl 8:194-208. 2002..Implications for integrating experimental and differential approaches to explaining performance and possible avenues for improved selection measures are discussed...
Cognitive, perceptual-speed, and psychomotor determinants of individual differences during skill acquisitionP L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Psychology Building, 274 Fifth Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 0170, USA
J Exp Psychol Appl 6:259-90. 2000..Evidence addressing the predictability of individual differences in performance at early, intermediate, and asymptotic levels of practice is presented...
Trait complexes and academic achievement: old and new ways of examining personality in educational contextsPhillip L Ackerman
School of Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 0170, USA
Br J Educ Psychol 81:27-40. 2011..We demonstrate the possible increments in understanding non-ability determinants of academic achievement that may be obtained by focusing on areas where there is a theoretical convergence between predictor and criterion spaces...
Age, ability, and the role of prior knowledge on the acquisition of new domain knowledge: promising results in a real-world learning environmentMargaret E Beier
Department of Psychology, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005, USA
Psychol Aging 20:341-55. 2005....
Incremental validity of the typical intellectual engagement scale as predictor of different academic performance measuresTomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK
J Pers Assess 87:261-8. 2006..Implications are discussed in light of the investment theory of intellectual competence and the utility of self-report inventories as predictors of academic achievement...
Research Grants
- KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES AND ADULT INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTPHILLIP ACKERMAN; Fiscal Year: 2000..One key goal will be to provide a "better metric to understanding the intellectual capabilities and limitations of adults at various chronological ages." ..
- KNOWLEDGE STRUCTURES AND ADULT INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTPHILLIP ACKERMAN; Fiscal Year: 2006....
