Observational Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2020.
World J Psychiatr. Jan 19, 2020; 10(1): 1-11
Published online Jan 19, 2020. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v10.i1.1
Table 1 Components of the Cognivue® quantitative assessment tool
Sub-battery and Sub-testDescription
Basic motor and visual ability
Adaptive motor control testAssesses visuomotor responsiveness using speed and accuracy measures
Measures subject’s ability to control the rotatory movement of the CogniWheel™ in response to rotational visual stimuli
Visual salience testAssesses basic visual processing functions
Measures the subject’s ability to identify a wedge filled by a random pattern of black and white dots shown on an neutral (gray) background
Perceptual processing
Letter discriminationMeasures the subject’s perceptual processing of different forms, despite the addition of increasing amounts of clutter
Discriminate real English letters from a variety of non-letter, letter-like shapes
Word discriminationAs above
Discriminate real 3-letter words from 3-letter non-words
Shape discriminationAs above
Discriminate a circle filled with a common shape from the rest of the display filled with other common shapes
Motion discriminationAs above
Discriminate a circle filled with one direction of dot motion from the rest of the display filled with another direction of dot motion
Memory processing
Letter memoryAssesses memory using specialized sets of visual stimuli
Measures the subject’s ability to recall which letter was presented as a pre-cue, and then select that letter from a display of alternative items, despite the addition of increasing amounts of clutter
Select the correct letter of the English alphabet
Word memoryAs above
Select the correct 3-letter word
Shape memoryAs above
Select the correct shape
Motion memoryAs above
Select the correct direction of motion