Awareness can still be important, however, even if what we do with that awareness is the real test.

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In the study, Rankin and her colleagues made use of The Awareness of Social Inference Test, or TASIT, which uses videotaped subtle-as-a-sledgehammer scenarios of people lying or being sarcastic.

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He's had lots of practice at lower levels, he has shown the wit and self-awareness to remake himself a Test batsman, and he has a wonderful temperament.

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The so-called mirror test was originally developed in 1970 and has become the classic test of self-awareness.

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In sum, it appears Googleopoly has grown so accustomed to being able to dictate to everyone which information they should accept as most relevant, that they have scant self-awareness when their message does not pass the laugh test with a principled audience that was not born yesterday.

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"Whether you did, or you didn't, you still won 7 tour titles, you never failed a test and what you have done to increase the awareness of cancer, is enormous, " one fan wrote on his Facebook fan page.

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He has developed computer simulations which could test -- and improve -- reaction times, multi-tasking and spatial awareness.

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