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. 2020 Apr 24;11:770. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00770

TABLE 2.

Descriptions of the tests in the digital cognitive test battery and the differences from pen-and-paper versions.

Test Description Difference from pen-and-paper version
1. Trail-Making Test Aa Participants connect circles labeled 1 to 25 as fast as possible Drawing is done on an iPad; Automated scoring
2. Trail-Making Test Ba Participant alternately connect circles containing letters (A–H) and numbers (1–13) as fast as possible Drawing is done on an iPad; Automated scoring
3. Digit span forward Participants verbally repeat back digit strings of increasing length Automated verbal stimulus presentation; Automated scoring
4. Digit span backward Participants verbally repeat back digit strings of increasing length in reverse order Automated verbal stimulus presentation; Automated scoring
5. COWAT Over three trials, participants name as many (Dutch) words starting with a “D”, “A”, and “T”. -
6. CFT, category ‘animals’ Participants name as many words that fall in the category ‘animals’
7. Stroop color-naminga Participants name the color in which congruent color-words are presented as fast as possible Digital stimulus presentation
8. Stroop interferencea Participants name the color in which incongruent color-words are presented as fast as possible Digital stimulus presentation
9. RAVLT learning trials Over five learning trials, participants verbally repeat back as many words as possible from a fixed word list containing 15 items Automated verbal stimulus presentation
10. RAVLT delayed recall 10–20 min after completion of the learning trials, participants verbally repeat back as many words as possible from the original word list Automated verbal stimulus presentation
11. ROCFT copy Participants are presented with a complex figure and are asked to copy it Drawing is done on an iPad
12. ROCFT immediate recall Participants draw the complex figure from memory Drawing is done on an iPad
13. Star-Cancellation Testa Participants cross out all the star stimuli in a field containing distractors Digital stimulus presentation; Drawing is done on an iPad; Automated scoring
14. O-Cancellation Testa Participants cross out all the O stimuli in a field containing distractors Digital stimulus presentation; Drawing is done on an iPad; Automated scoring
15. Clock Drawing Test Participants draw a clock from memory with the hands indicating 10 past 11 Drawing is done on an iPad
16. Card Sorting Test Participants match stimulus cards containing various shapes in different numbers and colors according to implicit (and changing) sorting rules Digital stimulus presentation; Automated scoring