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Summary: This document is a letter from H.E. Puthoff, a researcher at Stanford Research Institute, to an unknown recipient, dated January 27, 1975. Puthoff reports that they have had success with administering the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychology Test Battery. Preliminary analysis indicates that individuals with high proficiency in certain spatial tasks show congruence with other data on right versus left hemispheric specialization. Puthoff mentions that the neuropsychologist is correlating the data with that obtained by the Department of Psychiatry, Palo Alto Medical Clinic and will forward the results soon. Puthoff assures that they will send a written report once it is available.

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 STANFORD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
 MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA 94025
 (415) 326-6200
 January 27, 1975
 SG1I
 I am writing to let you know that we have apparently struck pay dirt
 in the administration of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychology Test
 Battery.   Let me begin by expressing my appreciation for your guidance
 in suggesting this particular series of tests.
 According to the neuropsychologist who administered the tests, pre-
 liminary analysis of the data indicated very promising results.   On
 the basis of the analyses to date, it appears that a consistent
 pattern is emerging in which good performers in our area of interest
 show a very high level of proficiency in certain spatial tasks as
 compared to more average abilities in other tasks.   (Some individual
 results were exceedingly atypical with respect to the established
 norms.)  The preliminary findings suggested a congruence with other
 data on right versus left hemispheric specialization of sufficient
 strength that he added some special tests for this area.   He is
 presently correlating the data with that obtained by the Department
 of Psychiatry, Palo Alto Medical Clinic, and will be forwarding
 his results to me shortly.   As soon as the written report is in hand
 I shall send it along without delay.                    _
 Please distribute the additional copies of the letter to
 as I do not have an.expedient address for them.
 SG1I
 With best regards,
 / JC
 H.E. Puthoff PhD
 Electronics and Bioengineering Laboratory
 SG1I
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