Reciprocating Bill
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| Quote (Lou FCD @ Aug. 21 2008,06:07) | | Quote (afarensis @ Aug. 20 2008,23:03) | | Brilliant! I'm going to have to see if I can find that game. |
The only thing you really need are several decks of regular playing cards, a large manila envelope, several small manila envelopes, and little strips of paper for the rules. Just print them out and cut them up... |
Reminiscent of the Wisconsin card sort, used in neuropsychological testing. A task very sensitive to particular forms of brain damage, esp. to the frontal lobes, which mediate executive functioning.
The subject is presented cards (created for the purpose) and required to deduce a rule governing their classification, which is indicated by which of two piles each card is placed in. The rule is generally quite simple.
Once the subject is consistently employing the rule to predict where each card will be placed, the rule changes. Suddenly, some of their answers are wrong.
The measure is how long the subject persists in applying the old rule, which no longer works, before deducing the new one. Persons with frontal brain damage often deduce the original rule quickly, but persist in applying it long after it has ceased to be appropriate.
(WAD? Behe? Meyers? Step over here...)
ETA: You go, Lou.
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