Welcome to the homepage of Ad van der Ven.

Personal

My name is Ad van der Ven (born the 20-th of june, 1935). I have studied Psycholgy at the University of Nijmegen (1957-1963). I completed my doctoral dissertation in 1969. I used to work at the Mathematical Psychology Department, a subdivision of the former NICI institute now incorporated in the Donders Institute at the Radboud University Nijmegen in Nijmegen. Now I am working at the Department of Pedagogy: Learning and Development, which is a department at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Radboud University Nijmegen in Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Scientific Interests

Current Projects:

Speed, Accuracy and Power of Attention in Prolonged Work Tasks
Reaction Time Mean and Variance in Prolonged Work Tasks
Confounding Factors in Intelligence Tests (in preparation)
The General Factor in Intelligence Tests: Unidimensionality or Equivalence of Tests?
The Measurement of Attention
The Logic behind the ACT
The Probability Distribution of a Single Distraction Time in the Beta Inhibition Model
Exercises in Imagery during Relaxation (Dutch)

Scientific Publications

General Interests

The Attention Concentration Test.

If you want to go to the English download site of the Attention Concentration Test, please, click here
If you want to go to the Dutch download site of the Attention Concentration Test, please, click here

Furthermore I am interested in Mondial Lottocracy.

If you want to know more about Lottocracy, please, click here.

For a powerpoint presentation in English click here.

For a powerpoint presentation in Dutch click here.

Hobbies

Golf and Skin Diving.


If you still want to, you can mail me at
a.vanderven@pwo.ru.nl