pattern-finding

Even for folks with normal chemical levels, there's a neurological upside to pattern-finding: When we come across information that confirms what we already believe, we get a rewarding jolt of dopamine.

A Trick Of the Mind Ronald Bailey 2011

For example, the most widely used IQ test for non-literate peoples is the Raven's Progressive Matrices, a sort of visual pattern-finding test.

IQ and Living Standards, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

There are questions that test your memory, your vocabulary, your declining math skills, and your simple pattern-finding ability and attention to detail.

INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

There are questions that test your memory, your vocabulary, your declining math skills, and your simple pattern-finding ability and attention to detail.

INSIDE OF A DOG ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ 2009

Apparently, my pattern-finding skills had taken a quantum leap when she wasn't looking, and now I had learned to associate the shape of the words "Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich" with my favorite food.

The Secret Of My Success: Intertwining Plot Lines foxfur 2005

I occasionally forget that repetition and pattern-finding ARE highly appealing.

Which Broader Market? 2006

As predicted, the results revealed that those who obtain especially high scores on pattern-finding tests also experience way more weird stuff.

The Guardian World News 2011

Windows Mobile platforms, sees you putting together "all your pattern-finding skills to succeed."

IntoMobile Dusan Belic 2010

That means tech planners need the same kind of big pattern-finding software more commonly used by designers, chief executives, and finance types.

IBM's New Data Center Analytics - Quentin Hardy - At Your Servers - Forbes 2010

That means tech planners need the same kind of big pattern-finding software more commonly used by designers, chief executives, and finance types.

Forbes.com: News Quentin Hardy 2010