Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 9, 2025

11:35
The Multiple Sclerosis Performance Test MSPT: An iPad-Based Disability Assessment Tool
Published on: June 30, 2014
58.1K
Psychometrically valid interpretation of cognitive assessments is a prerequisite for classification of cognitive
Joshua Sandry1, Sarah Levy2, James F Sumowski2
1Psychology Department, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA.
Abstract
No abstract available in PubMed .
Related Concept Videos
Language and Cognition
401
Language serves as a bridge between ideas and communication, influencing how individuals perceive and interact with the world. Psychologists have long debated whether language shapes thought or vice versa. This discussion gained grip with Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf in the 1940s, who proposed that language determines thought, a concept known as linguistic determinism. They suggested that the vocabulary and structure of a language influence how its speakers think and perceive reality.
401
Self-Report Tests of Personality
411
Self-report inventories are objective personality assessments that use multiple-choice items or numbered scales, typically ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). They are often called Likert scales after Rensis Likert. These inventories are widely used due to their ease of administration and cost-effectiveness. One of the most prominent examples is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), initially developed in the 1940s to assess abnormal personality traits.
411

