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ArticleAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference2021

Investigating a classical neuropsychological test in a real world context.

Nathaniel Pinkes, Zachary Fagiani, Ethan Wong, Holly Jimison, Misha Pavel, Mathew Yarossi, Eugene Tunik

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Article in Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathaniel Pinkes
Zachary Fagiani
Ethan Wong
Holly Jimison
Misha Pavel
Mathew Yarossi
Eugene Tunik
Northeastern University · US

Funding

Optimizing Hand Rehabilitation Post-Stroke Using Interactive Virtual EnvironmentsR01HD058301 · NICHD · NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ADAMOVICH, SERGEI V, MERIANS, ALMA S · 2009 to 2021
$4.7M
Planning and Updating in Frontoparietal Networks for GraspingR01NS085122 · NINDS · RBHS-SCHOOL/ HEALTH RELATED PROFESSIONS · PI ADAMOVICH, SERGEI V, TUNIK, EUGENE · 2014 to 2025
$3.2M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD058301NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS085122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the validity of a real world version of the Trail Making Test (TMT) across age strata, compared to the current standard TMT which is delivered using a pen-paper protocol. We developed a real world version of the TMT, the Can-TMT, that involves the retrieval of food cans, with numeric or alphanumerical labels, from a shelf in ascending order. Eye tracking data was acquired during the Can-TMT to calculate task completion time and compared to that of the Paper-TMT. Results indicated a strong significant correlation between the real world and paper tasks for both TMTA and TMTB versions of the tasks, indicative of the validity of the real world task. Moreover, the two age groups exhibited significant differences on the TMTA and TMTB versions of both task modalities (paper and can), further supporting the validity of the real world task. This work will have a significant impact on our ability to infer skill or impairment with visual search, spatial reasoning, working memory, and motor proficiency during complex real-world tasks. Thus, we hope to fill a critical need for an exam with the resolution capable of determining deficits which subjective or reductionist assessments may otherwise miss.

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Memory, Short-TermNeuropsychological TestsHumansTrail Making Test

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PMID34891583
PMCPMC9716474
OpenAlexW4200375496

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