About the Author

John D. Mayer is a professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire where he regularly teaches courses in psychological measurement. Dr. Mayer has had a lifelong interest in psychological tests and has pioneered tests of personality, including in the areas of mood and intelligence. He is the coauthor of the internationally-known Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT), and of the recently-developed Test of Personal Intelligence (TOPI). Dr. Mayer is the author of over 125 scientific publications that have appeared in scientific journals and books, including Personal Intelligence: The Power of Personality and How it Shapes Our Lives (Scientific American/Farrar Straus & Giroux).