ReviewPLOS digital health2023
The current landscape and future of tablet-based cognitive assessments for children in low-resourced settings.
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- Evaluation of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in Adolescents with HIV Infection in Zimbabwe.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Executive Function from Observation and Reflection Tool (EFFORT): Validation of a Culturally Adaptable and Publicly Available Item Bank in Seven Countries.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Lower working memory and processing speed among children and youth exposed to HIV.AIDS (London, England) · 2026Article
- A non-specialist worker delivered digital assessment of cognitive development (DEEP) in young children: A longitudinal validation study in rural India.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Testing the feasibility and utility of an executive function battery for use with primary school-aged students in Malawi.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- PsycAssist: A Web-Based Artificial Intelligence System Designed for Adaptive Neuropsychological Assessment and Training.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Story-linked item design in tablet-based assessment for preschool children: Insights from testing.African journal of psychological assessment · 2024Article
- A psychometric evaluation of the NIH Toolbox fluid cognition tests adapted for Swahili and Dholuo languages in Kenyan children and adolescents.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2023Article
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Abstract
Interest in measuring cognition in children in low-resourced settings has increased in recent years, but options for cognitive assessments are limited. Researchers are faced with challenges when using existing assessments in these settings, such as trained workforce shortages, less relevant testing stimuli, limitations of proprietary assessments, and inadequate parental knowledge of cognitive milestones. Tablet-based direct child assessments are emerging as a practical solution to these challenges, but evidence of their validity and utility in cross-cultural settings is limited. In this overview, we introduce key concepts of this field while exploring the current landscape of tablet-based assessments for low-resourced settings. We also make recommendations for future directions of this relatively novel field. We conclude that tablet-based assessments are an emerging and promising method of assessing cognition in young children. Further awareness and dissemination of validated tablet-based assessments may increase capacity for child development research and clinical practice in low-resourced settings.
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