Resnick Helaine E, Lathan Corinna E
AnthroTronix Inc., Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Mhealth. 2016 Jul 22;2:30. doi: 10.21037/mhealth.2016.07.02. eCollection 2016.
Cognitive testing batteries have been used for decades to diagnose deficits associated with conditions such as head injury, age-related cognitive decline, and stroke, and they have also been used extensively for educational evaluation and planning. Cognitive testing is generally office-based, administered by professionals, uses paper and pencil testing modalities, reports results as summary scores, and is a "one shot deal" whose primary objective is to identify the presence and severity of cognitive deficit. This paper explores innovative departures from historical cognitive testing strategies and paradigms. The report explores (I) a shift from disease diagnosis in the office setting to mobile tracking of cognitive health and wellness in any setting; (II) the strength of computer-based cognitive measures and their role in facilitating development of new computational methods; and (III) using cognitive testing to inform on individual-level outcomes over time rather than dichotomous metrics at a single point in time.
几十年来，认知测试组合一直被用于诊断与头部受伤、年龄相关的认知衰退和中风等病症相关的缺陷，并且它们还被广泛用于教育评估和规划。认知测试通常在办公室进行，由专业人员实施，采用纸笔测试方式，将结果报告为综合分数，并且是一种“一次性交易”，其主要目的是确定认知缺陷的存在和严重程度。本文探讨了与历史认知测试策略和范式的创新背离。该报告探讨了：（一）从办公室环境中的疾病诊断转向在任何环境中对认知健康和幸福感进行移动跟踪；（二）基于计算机的认知测量的优势及其在促进新计算方法开发中的作用；以及（三）利用认知测试来了解个体随时间推移的结果，而不是某一时刻的二分法指标。
