Linking Processing Speed And White Matter: a bridge between Education and Neuroscience research

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Abstract: In the first chapter of this thesis, I review the history of processing speed as a cognitive capacity since the late 19th century. In the second chapter of this thesis, I analyze the definitional and conceptual constraints surrounding the use of ‘processing speed’ in the behavioral psychology literature. Specifically, I evaluate the degree of diversity observed in operationalized definitions of processing speed advanced in recent literature, and then present three ways to reduce this diversity in order to unify scholarly conceptualizations of processing speed in the future. In the third chapter of this thesis, I assess a candidate for an anatomical/mechanistic grounding for characterizations of processing speed as a cognitive capacity. In the final chapter of this thesis, I summarize arguments presented in chapters two and three and discuss implications for future research, as well as the importance of the research paradigm more broadly.

Type of resource	text
Date created	[ca. June 4, 2021]

Author	Shacklette, David William

Subject	Processing Speed
Subject	White Matter
Subject	Educational Neuroscience
Subject	Stanford
Subject	School of Humanities and Sciences
Subject	Symbolic Systems
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/yq219dn0952

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Preferred Citation: Shacklette, David William. (2021). Linking Processing Speed And White Matter: a bridge between Education and Neuroscience research. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/yq219dn0952

Master's Theses, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University

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