Assessments | Cognition
The Mobile Toolbox Tests cover a variety of areas in cognition. The suite of tests will continue to grow to include select measures from the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS ®), and tests from other measurement systems including the NIH Toolbox® Emotion Domain, the International Cognitive Ability Resource (ICAR), and the Cognitive Neuroscience Test Reliability and Clinical applications for Schizophrenia (CNTRACs).
Language
Spelling
This task assesses the ability to spell words administered in a computer-adaptive test format. Respondents listen to audio clips and, using the keyboard, enter the corresponding letters to spell the word, completing a maximum of 30 items.
Associative Memory
Faces and Names with Delay
This is a two-part test that targets associative memory function. Respondents are first presented with an encoding task and then prompted to recall a series of face-name associations after a 5- to 20-minute delay.
Language
Word Meaning
This is a computer adaptive test that measures general vocabulary knowledge. Respondents select the word that most closely matches the meaning of a target word, completing a maximum of 25 items.
Attention, Executive Function
Arrow Matching
This measure targets inhibitory control and attention. This measure requires respondents to indicate the left-right orientation of a centrally presented stimulus while inhibiting attention to potentially incongruent stimuli that surround it.
Episodic Memory
Arranging Pictures
This measure examines episodic memory. A series of images is presented in a specific order on the screen. Following this presentation, the images are scrambled, and the respondent is asked to recall the original order and place the images accordingly.
Working Memory
Sequences
This is a measure of working memory. It requires a participant to remember a string of letters and numbers and manipulate them to put them in alphabetical and numeric order.
Executive Function
Shape-Color Sorting
This measure targets cognitive flexibility. Images are presented that vary along two dimensions (color and shape) and respondents are asked to sort images based on one of the dimensions.
Processing Speed
Number-Symbol Match
This measure assesses processing speed. Respondents are asked to match numbers with specific symbols using a digit/symbol key. They are given 90 seconds to correctly match as many number-symbol pairs as they can.