Limb paralysis can develop for various reasons. We found a 13-year-old patient who became paralyzed in her lower extremities after laparoscopic appendectomy. Some tests, including electrodiagnostic studies and magnetic resonance imaging, were performed to evaluate the cause of lower limb paralysis. None of the tests yielded definite abnormal findings. We subsequently decided to explore the poss...

Three replications of a double-blind experiment tested subliminal audiotape products that were claimed to improve memory or to increase selfesteem. Conditions of use adhered to manufacturers' recommendations, and subjects ( N = 237) were limited to persons who desired the effects offered by the tapes. Actual content and labeled content of tapes were independently varied, so that some subjects w...

No task more worthy of attention confronts the psychologist today than the scientific study of the college student by means of mental tests. Psychological tests were first employed in the examination and segregation of the mentally feeble. A large number of clinics connected with modern school systems, hospitals, or juvenile courts have found these tests of service in detecting mental subnormal...

316 July 2003 Properly used, many psychological tests are very useful diagnostic and clinical tools. They often clarify ambiguous information, elicit previously unavailable data, and add objectivity, validity, and reliability to patient interactions and record reviews. Unfortunately, some instruments do not live up to these objectives, especially in forensic cases and/or in the hands of those w...

Cumming’s (2014) article was commissioned by Psychological Science to reinforce the journal’s 2014 publication guidelines. It exhorts substituting confidence intervals (CIs) for Null Hypothesis Significance Testing (NHST) as a way of increasing the scientific value of psychological research. Cumming’s article is somehow biased, hence the aims of my commentary: to balance out the presentation of...