Digital Cognitive AssessmentJess Dahmen & Robert Fellows

Key Milestones

Objective Establish the utility and validity of digital

neuropsychological tests to detect cognitive and functional ability.

Using digital cognitive tests may:• Improve standardization/reduce

administrator error• Improve test sensitivity• Reduce testing time• Accelerate data processing through

automation

Approach:Technology Development• Android applications developed for capacitive

touchscreen• Iterative development process• Automate data processing

Methods• Compare performance of manual tests to digital

tests• Establish divergent and convergent validity• Develop standalone assessment of cognitive and

functional abilities

03/14

IRB Approve

d 10/2014

Pilot test 11/2014

Additional

features added 2/2014

Updated UI

3/2014

Shape Trails

(coming soon!)

Spatial WM Task (4/2014)

Reaction Time task

(4/2014)

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