Robert Bruce Ammons was the founder, along with his wife Carol H. Ammons, of Psychological Reports

Psychological Reports

Psychological Reports is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in psychology and psychiatry. It was establisheded by Robert and Carol H. Ammons in 1949. It is published by Ammons Scientific....

and Perceptual and Motor Skills. He received his Ph.D. in clinical and experimental psychology from the University of Iowa

University of Iowa

The University of Iowa is a public state-supported research university located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the oldest public university in the state. The university is organized into eleven colleges granting undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees...

 in 1946.
Ammons was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Association for the Advancement of Science

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...

, and of several divisions of the American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association

The American Psychological Association is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States. It is the world's largest association of psychologists with around 154,000 members including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. The APA...

.

The Ammons are also known for developing the Ammons Quick Test

Ammons Quick Test

Ammons Quick Test is an intelligence test that was designed in 1962 by Robert B. Ammons and his wife Carol H. Ammons. This test has been used for many years to help assess premorbid intelligence. It is a passive response picture-vocabulary test...

 of intelligence, a short (five minutes) intelligence test for adults, consisting of an orally administered picture vocabulary test. It is mostly used for pre-screening the elderly, particularly because it minimizes fatigue. Its results correlate highly with those of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale intelligence quotient tests are the primary clinical instruments used to measure adult and adolescent intelligence. The original WAIS was published in February 1955 by David Wechsler, as a revision of the Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale...

, particularly with the verbal IQ scale. It also benefits from simple and objective scoring.