Merzbacher C F
Percept Mot Skills. 1979 Apr;48(2):367-71. doi: 10.2466/pms.1979.48.2.367.
Of the 75 patients in the February 1977 "class" at the Longevity Research Institute, Santa Barbara, California, 11 volunteers were pre- and posttested (21- to 23-day intervals) with the MMPI, 13 with the California Psychological Inventory, and 17 with four subtests of the WAIS (total: 21 males, 10 females). Ten of the (total) 32 scales showed changes in the predicted, favorable direction, statistically significant at the .05 level or better by t test. Further the number of scales changing in the predicted, desirable direction for each of the three tests was statistically significant at the .06, and .001, and .06 levels (sign test), respectively. The pilot results indicate improvement in psychological factors and mental acuity within a month's time concomitant with the diet, activity, and educational program and warrant further investigation.
1977年2月，在加利福尼亚州圣巴巴拉市的长寿研究所，参与研究的75名患者中，11名志愿者接受了明尼苏达多项人格测验（MMPI）的前后测试（间隔21至23天），13名接受了加利福尼亚心理调查表测试，17名接受了韦氏成人智力量表四个分测验的测试（总计21名男性，10名女性）。在总共32个量表中，有10个量表朝着预测的有利方向变化，通过t检验，在0.05水平或更高水平上具有统计学意义。此外，三项测试中朝着预测的理想方向变化的量表数量分别在0.06、0.001和0.06水平上具有统计学意义（符号检验）。初步结果表明，在一个月的时间内，随着饮食、活动和教育计划的进行，心理因素和智力敏锐度有所改善，值得进一步研究。
