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. 2021 Sep 14;83(2):915–925. doi: 10.3233/JAD-210201

Table 2.

Cogstate Brief Battery tests and outcome measures

Test Abbreviation Domain Paradigm Completion criterion Performance criterion Outcome measures Range
Detection DET speed Psychomotor function Simple reaction time ≥100%of trial responses ≥70%accuracy reaction time in ms (speed), normalized by log10 transformation 0 to 3.69*
Identification IDN speed Attention Choice reaction time ≥100%of trial responses ≥70%accuracy reaction time in ms (speed), normalized by log10 transformation 0 to 3.69*
One Card Learning OCL accuracy Visual learning Pattern separation ≥100%of trial responses ≥40%accuracy proportion of correct answers (accuracy), normalized by arcsine square-root transformation 0–1.57
One Back ONB speed Working memory N-back ≥100%of trial responses ≥50%accuracy reaction time in ms (speed), normalized by log10 transformation 0 to 3.69*
ONB accuracy proportion of correct answers (accuracy), normalized by arcsine square-root transformation 0–1.57
Psychomotor function and attention DET/IDN speed Composite Composite 2/2 test instances available 2/2 test instances available average of z-scores for DET and IDN speed –5 to 5
Learning and working memory LWM accuracy Composite Composite 2/2 test instances available 2/2 test instances available average of z-scores for OCL and ONB accuracy –5 to 5
Learning and working memory processing speed OCL/ONB speed Composite Composite 2/2 test instances available 2/2 test instances available average of z-scores for OCL accuracy and ONB speed –5 to 5

*Reaction times longer than 5 s (i.e., log10 [5000]) are excluded as reflecting responses that are abnormally slow.