Tag Archives: Brain Resource

Computerized Cognitive Testing in Research Labs

Most of the current paper-based cognitive assessment tests were developed and validated in psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science lab settings over several decades.  Long term funding and some creative freedom in basic research provide an environment to prototype experiments and tests that can take many years to show results and validate outcomes. Basic research labs… Read More »

Military Uses for Cognitive Testing

In 2008 Congress directed the Pentagon to begin pre and post deployment cognitive testing for US service members.  The main intent in the directive was a recognition that traumatic brain injury (TBI) has occurred at a much higher rate in Iraq and Afghanistan due to blast related injuries, and that the Pentagon wasn’t very well… Read More »