Psychophysiology and Psychometrics

Thermal Infrared Imaging-Based Computational Psychophysiology for Psychometrics

Thermal infrared imaging has been proposed as a potential system for the computational assessment of human autonomic nervous activity and psychophysiological states in a contactless and noninvasive way. Through bioheat modeling of facial thermal imagery, several vital signs can be extracted, including localized blood perfusion, cardiac pulse, breath rate, and sudomotor response, since all these...

Integrative psychophysiology.

This paper attempts to provide an overview of the current status and some possible future directions of 'Integrative Psychophysiology'. Exemplar integrations are offered for: (i) the theory of some of the more cited models of the brain as a system; (ii) a numerical simulation of brain dynamics (highlighting the plausibility of exploring mechanisms at the whole brain scale); and (iii) an empiric...

Virtual reality and applied psychophysiology.

Virtual reality (VR) technology has undergone a transition in the past few years that has taken it from the realm of “expensive toy” into that of “functional technology.” After a period of inflated expectations and limited delivery in the early 90s, this form of computerbased simulation technology is now beginning to emerge as a viable tool for a wide range of clinical and research applications...

Psychometrics, Intelligence, and Public Perception

Herrnstein and Murray (1994, pp. 22-23) stated six propositions concerning a g factor of intelligence. Because these propositions had been widely criticized in public media as being false and pseudoscientific, they are examined here for support in the scientific literature. All are found to be reasonably well supported. Most experts agree that there is a general factor g on which human beings d...

Handbook of Psychophysiology