Beginning this year, the city will rely heavily on a test that mostly assesses spatial thinking skills and uses almost no words or language.

WSJ: City Defends Gifted-and-Talented Program Policy

This test, which relies on abstract spatial thinking, will now account for about two-thirds of the score, while the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test (OLSAT) will be about a third.

WSJ: Conflicted Over Gifted: NYC's Gifted and Talented Test Changes

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

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