SCHUHFRIED News: NEURO, SPORT, TRAFFIC & HR

Brevity is the key! TikTok allows you to create very short clips, often even lasting only a few seconds. In a SCHUFRIED Research Support project, the attention performance of TikTok users was tested.

At Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, students are required to take the mandatory course Clinical Neuropsychology as part of the Master's Program in Rehabilitation Psychology. The established curriculum for this program was to be expanded to include the use of digital psychological assessment.

Participants in a training program for drone pilots in the Norwegian police force were given cognitive tests from the VTS and the results were compared with their performance during a flight simulation.

The time has come again: The winners of the SCHUHFRIED Science Awards have been announced. We have briefly summarised the exciting topics for you.

A project by SCHUHFRIED and the German Bundeswehr was nominated for the HR Inside Summit Award in the "Recruiting" category!

The example of Dr. Walter in the Czech Republic highlights the importance of multilingual testing and international norms for fair assessment of individuals.

The government of the Dominican Republic has implemented a regulation requiring driver’s license applicants to undergo psychometric assessments with the VTS.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, mass events such as university entrance tests suddenly had to be reorganised. The FH Campus 02 reacted quickly to the new circumstances and found with the VTS a high-quality online alternative to the previous on-site tests.

The Aviation Medical Center (AMC) from the Netherlands needs a new, modern selection procedure that complies with EASA regulations and can accurately filter out the best of the best candidates.

With the Vienna Test System and it's test sets, UiT was able to establish
an entire recruiting process from scratch in a matter of weeks while saving valuable resources.

Implementing VTS into the recruitment process resulted in increased productivity and allows psychologists to focus on other important issues such as counseling, therapy, and training.

KSSG now has a state-of-the-art aptitude assessment solution for selecting surgeons while providing students with early opportunities to identify individual strengths and areas for development.

With the implementation of this project, applicants worldwide can be preselected quickly and conveniently: Reduced effort with simultaneous high quality of the personnel selection process.

Once more, 3 researchers can celebrate their SCHUHFRIED Science Award and the associated prize money of 500€.

Cognitive impairments are often simulated, this is shown by clinical practice, but also by neuropsychological research. The Groningen Effort Test (GET) helps to identify implausible response behaviour.

Fast, easy and convenient access to sound knowledge about psychological assessment? This is now possible with the new SCHUHFRIED Campus. Expand your existing knowledge or dive deep into the respective subject in the course of our workshops.

In this success story you can find out about the advantages of digital tests in everyday clinical practice.

More and more schools are putting daily physical activity sessions on the timetable. A recent study shows the impact of exercise on the attention of children with and without learning disabilities.

This study investigated whether visual processing speed could be improved in healthy older adults using our CogniPlus Training ALERT.

SCHUHFRIED supports relevant studies with digital psychological tests, cognitive trainings and years of expertise. Find out more about current studies here.

What is the secret of Brazilian soccer players? This study investigates whether a particularly high level of attention (measured with our test COG) is responsible for exceptional performance.

When do you put your cell phone aside in the evening? This study shows the connection between cell phone use and the personality factor "conscientiousness".

Learn why coaches should rely on cognitive testing to find elite athletes in this study summary.

Especially with test subjects of advanced age, it is of great importance that the digital method used is well received. Find out here why the VTS was ratet best.

A great initiative by our employees also got the management involved. Read more about our donation to the Caritas "Gruft" here.

Cognitive impairment due to Covid-19 disease has been reported in many cases. Now the long term effects are being investigated.

Hand on heart: physical contact is a must in biofeedback training... or is it? On 5.12. we offered the first biofeedback basic workshop ONLINE!

SCHUHFRIED and science belong together. We are therefore particularly pleased when our products become part of pioneering studies. Every year, we therefore honour three papers with the SCHUHFRIED Science Award.

Our employees have many ideas. We not only want to hear them but also to appreciate them! The first "winner" was awarded last week.

SCHUHFRIED invited around 50 experts from the HR sector to the "Expert Forum HR" in Vienna city centre. This is a newly created platform for the professional exchange and networking of experts.

The group of 25 experts from the field of traffic psychology focuses on the discussion of the most burning issues from traffic psychology practice and research.

From June 2021, only certified processes within the context of FeV Annex 5 No. 2 may be used. The tests of the SCHUHFRIED FEV Test Set have already been CERTIFIED in November 2019.