In this Comment, the author calls for the use of an objective test to determine the comprehensibility of an individual's speech. She offers the Test of Spoken English, a standardized test administered ...

There has been a great deal of research and discussion recently regarding the advantages and disadvantages of measuring writing proficiency directly via writing samples and indirectly via objective ...

We might speculate that, for example, among individuals with the same cognitive test performance, those with higher self-esteem or lower tendency to amplify their symptoms may perceive less impairment ...

It is the first blood test—and thus the first "objective" gauge—for any type of mental disorder in adults, says study co-author Eva Redei, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University in ...