Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment in Aging: Testing Efficacy and Clinical Ecology of Different Interfaces

Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine ◽

10.1155/2014/804723 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-13 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Matteo Canini ◽

Petronilla Battista ◽

Pasquale Anthony Della Rosa ◽

Eleonora Catricalà ◽

Christian Salvatore ◽

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Keyword(s):

Test Performance ◽

Neuropsychological Tests ◽

Touch Screen ◽

Computerized Testing ◽

Response Device ◽

Intrinsic Nature ◽

Testing Tools ◽

Neuropsychological Evaluations ◽

Clinical Ecology ◽

Touch Screen Devices

Digital technologies have opened new opportunities for psychological testing, allowing new computerized testing tools to be developed and/or paper and pencil testing tools to be translated to new computerized devices. The question that rises is whether these implementations may introduce some technology-specific effects to be considered in neuropsychological evaluations. Two core aspects have been investigated in this work: the efficacy of tests and the clinical ecology of their administration (the ability to measure real-world test performance), specifically (1) the testing efficacy of a computerized test when response to stimuli is measured using a touch-screen compared to a conventional mouse-control response device; (2) the testing efficacy of a computerized test with respect to different input modalities (visual versus verbal); and (3) the ecology of two computerized assessment modalities (touch-screen and mouse-control), including preference measurements of participants. Our results suggest that (1) touch-screen devices are suitable for administering experimental tasks requiring precise timings for detection, (2) intrinsic nature of neuropsychological tests should always be respected in terms of stimuli presentation when translated to new digitalized environment, and (3) touch-screen devices result in ecological instruments being proposed for the computerized administration of neuropsychological tests with a high level of preference from elderly people.

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Neuropsychological Test Performance in Framingham: A Descriptive Study

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/0033294187060003-201.1 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 60 (3_part_2) ◽

pp. 1023-1040

Author(s):

Mary E. Farmer ◽

Lon R. White ◽

Steven J. Kittner ◽

Edith Kaplan ◽

Elizabeth Moes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Test Performance ◽

Neuropsychological Tests ◽

Language Skills ◽

Community Sample ◽

Neuropsychological Test ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Abstract Thinking ◽

Framingham Study ◽

Hearing Impairments

In 1976–1978, a battery of eight neuropsychologic tests was administered to 2,123 participants in the Framingham Study aged 55 to 89 yr. The battery was designed to sample multiple areas of cognitive function including language skills, memory, learning, reproduction of designs, attention, and abstract thinking. Performance is described for several groups in this population: a large community-dwelling sample, those with hearing impairments, and those with documented strokes. Performance is described by age, sex, and education strata for the community sample. This normative information should be useful for interpreting individual test performance on neuropsychological tests.

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Older Adults-Friendly Multi-Modal Touch-Screen Platform Measures for Bilingual Cognitive Interventions

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2972 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 816-816

Author(s):

W Quin Yow ◽

Tharshini Lokanathan ◽

Hui-Ching Chen

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Cognitive Performance ◽

Older Adult ◽

Cognitive Training ◽

Touch Screen ◽

Cognitive Intervention ◽

Cognitive Interventions ◽

Multi Level ◽

Poor Comprehension ◽

Touch Screen Devices

Abstract There is an increasing interest in using touch-screen devices to conduct cognitive training and collect measurements of cognitive performance. However, older adults often have concerns such as anxiety about using these systems and poor comprehension of language instructions (Czaja & Lee, 2007). Given that Singapore is a multilingual society, we examined the deployment of an age-friendly multi-modal touch-screen platform (a game-based application on a tablet) in a cognitive intervention research. After modification of the platform to include features such as simplified instructions, multi-level prompts with a local accent, and four different instructional languages (including local dialects), participants were less reliant on the researchers and reported fewer difficulties in comprehending the instructions. The integrity and reliability of the data collected improved as a result. In sum, multilingual age-friendly touch-screen platform can be a novel yet effective method to study cognitive interventions in the Asian older adult populations.

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Presentation design of e-assessments for blind users using touch screen devices

Proceedings of the International Conference on ELECTRONICS, COMPUTERS and ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - ECAI-2013 ◽

10.1109/ecai.2013.6636214 ◽

2013 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mohammed Fakrudeen ◽

Sufian Yousef ◽

Abdelrahman H. Hussein ◽

Maaruf Ali

Keyword(s):

Touch Screen ◽

Blind Users ◽

Touch Screen Devices

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The Ergonomic Impact of Swype

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1541931213601317 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 1374-1378 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ibukun A. Sonaike ◽

Tosin A. Bewaji ◽

Paul Ritchey ◽

S. Camille Peres

Keyword(s):

New Technology ◽

Touch Screen ◽

Dynamic Activity ◽

Extensor Muscles ◽

Main Effect ◽

Potential Risks ◽

Touch Screen Devices ◽

Study Participants ◽

Main Effects ◽

Biomechanical Strain

Background:Shape writing is relatively new technology for on-screen keyboards that enable users of mobile touch-screen devices to input text by drawing continuous lines. With growth of touch-screen device usage, there has risen the need to investigate potential risks that may occur during prolonged usage. Objective: The biomechanical strain on upper limb muscles were assessed while study-participants used Swype technology on a tablet touch screen device and compared with traditional/regular input methods. Methods: Study-participants performed typing tasks (email and text) using Swype and regular input methods under counterbalanced conditions with sEMG data collected to measure muscle activity during tasks. Results: Email & Text had the same exertion for all muscles except the Extensor. The interaction between task and muscle was significant, F (1.6, 27.5) = 15.39, p < .001, ηp2 = 0.48. The interaction between muscle, task and method was also significant, F (2.19, 37.19) = 3.6, p = 0.03, ηp2= 0.18. Exertion was lower for Swype but with marginal significance. Overall, Email resulted in less dynamic activity than Text with Main effects F(1, 17) = 10.07, p = 0.006, ηp2 = 0.37. Extensor has more dynamic activity than other muscles with main effect F(1.8, 29.9) = 16.51, p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.49. Conclusion: Results indicate that Swype presents no more biomechanical strain than regular input for most muscles. Swype may result in less exertion for the Extensor muscles in the lower arm. This may be particularly true for tasks requiring interactions like those found in the email task.

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