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Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment in Aging : Testing Efficacy and Clinical Ecology of Different Interfaces
Joint Authors
Salvatore, Christian
Catricalà, Eleonora
Canini, Matteo
Castiglioni, Isabella
Gilardi, Maria Carla
Della Rosa, Pasquale Anthony
Battista, Petronilla
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Canini, Matteo& Battista, Petronilla& Della Rosa, Pasquale Anthony& Catricalà, Eleonora& Salvatore, Christian& Gilardi, Maria Carla…[et al.]. 2014. Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment in Aging : Testing Efficacy and Clinical Ecology of Different Interfaces. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Canini, Matteo…[et al.]. Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment in Aging : Testing Efficacy and Clinical Ecology of Different Interfaces. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Canini, Matteo& Battista, Petronilla& Della Rosa, Pasquale Anthony& Catricalà, Eleonora& Salvatore, Christian& Gilardi, Maria Carla…[et al.]. Computerized Neuropsychological Assessment in Aging : Testing Efficacy and Clinical Ecology of Different Interfaces. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-499410
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-499410