many patients fear about neurological disorders because of mistrust to their judgments. reality is that neurological system is one of the simplest systems, but unfortunately we discuss about it in a form that induce fear to people. suppose that an old person hospitalized for cerebro-vascular accident (cva) and increased intracranial pressure (icp). results of your assessment can increase patien...

OBJECTIVE Even in remission, cognitive deficits are frequently observed in bipolar disorder. Because these deficits are assessed with complex and comprehensive tests, they seem to be neglected in routine daily practice; however, assessing them with short self-rated questionnaires could be beneficial. This study aimed to investigate the correlation between objective and subjective cognitive asse...

Standards-referenced educational reform has increased the prevalence of standardized testing; however, whether these tests accurately measure students' competencies has been questioned. This may be due to domain-specific assessments placing a differing domain-general cognitive load on test-takers. To investigate this possibility, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to identify...

The Cognitive Science Research group at ETS conducts research and development at the forefront of educational assessment, using cognitive theory in the design of assessments, building cognitive models to guide interpretation of test-takers’ performance, and researching cognitive issues in the context of assessment. Moving beyond traditional (e.g., multiple-choice) tests, the group investigates ...

Ecological validity should be the cornerstone of any assessment of cognitive functioning. For this purpose, we have developed a preliminary study to test the Art Gallery Test (AGT) as an alternative to traditional neuropsychological testing. The AGT involves three visual search subtests displayed in a virtual reality (VR) art gallery, designed to assess visual attention within an ecologically v...

BACKGROUND: Pregnancy with malfunction of the autonomic nervous system deteriorates by enhancing such clinical syndromes as respiratory, asthenic, hemorrhagic, aggravating peripheral vascular disorders. Cognitive disorder is frequent in pregnancy and it is coupled with a range of undesirable outcomes, including maternal death. AIM: To carry out the analysis of cognitive disorders in pregnant wo...

The Cognitive Science Research group at ETS conducts research and development at the forefront of educational assessment, using cognitive theory in the design of assessments, building cognitive models to guide interpretation of test-takers’ performance, and researching cognitive issues in the context of assessment. Moving beyond traditional (e.g., multiple-choice) tests, the group explores asse...

Background. The NeuroTrax Mindstreams computerized cognitive assessment system was designed for widespread clinical and research use. A requirement for its use in longitudinal testing is demonstration of good test-retest reliability. To minimize practice effects, alternate forms of Mindstreams tests were administered on serial testing sessions. The present study evaluated the equivalence of the...