Frederick L. Coolidge

Frederick L. Coolidge is an American professor of psychology known for his work in cognitive archaeology. He has taught at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs since 1979. With Karenleigh A. Overmann, he currently co-directs the Center for Cognitive Archaeology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He also teaches for the Centre for Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India.

Education Coolidge completed his doctorate in psychology in 1974 at the University of Florida, followed by a clinical internship (1974–1975) and postdoctoral fellowship (1975–1976) in clinical neuropsychology at Shands Teaching Hospital, University of Florida. Coolidge and Wynn have also collaborated on Neandertal cognition, cognitive differences between Neandertals and contemporary Homo sapiens, technical cognition, and creativity. In 2008, Coolidge co-chaired the 139th Numbered Wenner-Gren Symposium with Wynn. Entitled "Working Memory: Beyond Language and Symbolism," the proceedings were published as a special issue of Current Anthropology. In 2011, he and Wynn established the Center for Cognitive Archaeology at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Honors In 1987, 1992, and 2005, Coolidge was awarded Fulbright Fellowships for work in India. that had suggested the between-species difference related to language. From his work in behavior genetics, Coolidge understood the heritability of the executive functions and surmised that possible differences in the executive functioning of the two human species had perhaps enabled Homo sapiens to outcompete the Neandertals. and examining signs of change in Working Memory in the archaeological record and its effects in domains like technical cognition and creativity. The Coolidge Axis II Inventory-Short Version (SCATI) is a 70-item version of the CATI that measures 14 personality disorders. The Coolidge Correctional Inventory (CCI) is a 260-item self-report test designed for the diagnosis and treatment of jail and prison inmates. The Horney-Coolidge Type Indicator (HCTI) is a 57-item personality test designed to measure the three items (compliance, aggression, and detachment) in the tridimensional personality theory of psychoanalyst Karen Horney. The Coolidge Personality and Neuropsychological Inventory (CPNI) is a 200-item, parent-as-respondent inventory designed to assess children and adolescents between 5 and 17 years old. The Coolidge Autistic Symptom Survey (CASS) is an 84-item, parent-as-respondent inventory designed to assess the autistic spectrum disorder for children and adolescents 5–17 years old.

Selected works in cognitive archaeology and cognitive evolution

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Personality and neuropsychological psychological tests