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The Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation is a nonprofit scientific research and educational organization with two primary commitments: to study human abilities and to provide people with a knowledge of their aptitudes that will help them in making decisions about school and work. Since 1922, hundreds of thousands of people have used our aptitude testing service to learn more about themselves and to derive more satisfaction from their lives.

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Aptitudes and brain areas

An ongoing research project involves studying the relationship between brain structure and aptitudes. Read about it here.

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Aptitudes are natural talents, special abilities for doing, or learning to do, certain kinds of things. Manual dexterity, musical ability, spatial visualization, and memory for numbers are examples of such aptitudes. In a comprehensive battery of tests available only through the Foundation, these and many other aptitudes are measured. These measured traits are highly stable over long-term periods.

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Client stories

Our clients often write to let us know how aptitude testing has enriched their lives. Read some of their stories here.

A former client, Anne O'Hara, at work.

The CBS station in Dallas recently did a feature on our aptitude testing. Watch it here.

"The Best of Her Abilities", an article by freelance writer Paige Williams, is featured in the November 2010 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. Paige describes her testing experience and how it helped her make a difficult career choice.

WHDH Channel 7 News in Boston recently ran a story on our testing. Read it on their site.

Anne Steiner, director of our Seattle office, recently participated in a podcast discussion of aptitude testing with L. Greg Voisen, creator of the website Inside Personal Growth. Listen to it here.

In 2010 and 2011, we have worked with American Corporate Partners (ACP), a nationwide mentoring program dedicated to helping veterans who have served in the military since 2001 transition from the armed services to the civilian workforce. One of the services ACP offers is our aptitude testing program. Read what some of the recent participants wrote about their testing experience.

Continuing his research studying the relationship between aptitudes and brain structure, Dr. Richard Haier of the University of California investigated the neurological basis for performance on some of our tests. His recent paper, Gray matter correlates of cognitive ability tests used for vocational guidance, has been made available by the open-access journal, BMC Research Notes. You can read our earlier account of this project here.

Steve Greene, director of our New York office, was interviewed on April 10, 2010, by Steven Spierer of Talk Radio One. To listen, go to the Talk Radio One website, click on the "On Demand" tab, and scroll to April 10, 2010. Steve Greene welcomes questions or feedback; you can reach him at steve@jocrf.org.

The featured article in our 2009 Bulletin, Setting Up Personal Goals, tells the tale of three student-athletes and how aptitude testing helped them achieve their educational objectives.

Earlier bulletins are available on our recent news page.

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