CognitiveTaskOverview: TestMyBrainVisual PairedAssociatesMemoryContact: Info@ManyBrains.netManyBrains.netTestMyBrain.org
TMBTest Name: TestMyBrainVisual PairedAssociatesMemoryTest Demos: Study| TestDocument Version: June.05.2024Acknowledgments: ImagesfromMITSUNDatabase(Xiaoet al., 2010). SeeMITSUNDatabaseforcopyright information.
TheManyBrainsProjectTheManyBrainsProject, isa501(c)(3) non-profit that supportsTestMyBrain(TMB) incollaborationwiththeLaboratoryfor BrainandCognitiveHealthTechnologyat McLeanHospital andHarvardMedicalSchool. Wecurrentlysupport manydifferent typesof researchstudiesthroughour infrastructureforcognitiveassessment - theserangeinsizefromsmall lab-basedpilot studiestolargelongitudinal,multisiteclinical researchstudieswithtensof thousandsof participants. AsTestMyBrainhasbeencontinuouslyinoperationsince2008, weprovideastableandsecureplatformfor hostinganddeliveringmobileandweb-basedcognitiveassessment protocols. ThroughTestMyBrain.org, datahavebeencollectedfromover 3.7millionparticipantsinacitizenscienceframeworkthat includesstructuredreturnof researchresultstowardthedevelopment, validation, andnormativecharacterizationof cognitivemeasures. Wecurrentlysupport researchandeducationat over 2,000sitesworldwideengagedindigitalneuropsychological assessment.
CITATIONPleasecredit TheManyBrainsProject andTestMyBraininanypapers, posters, or publicationsrelatedtotheTMBtestsor datacollectedbyTMBtests.● Example:- All taskswereselectedfromandhostedonTheManyBrainsProject’sweb-basedcognitivetestingplatform, TestMyBrain(Germineet al., 2012; TheManyBrainsProject).- Germine, L., Nakayama, K., Duchaine, B. C., Chabris, C. F., Chatterjee, G., &Wilmer, J. B. (2012). IstheWebasgoodasthelab?ComparableperformancefromWebandlabincognitive/perceptual experiments. PsychonomicBulletin&Review, 19(5), 847-857.- TheManyBrainsProject. TestMyBrainCognitiveTests. URL:www.manybrains.net
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Test Overview
Background:TMBVisualPairedAssociatesMemory(Singhetal.,2021)isavisualepisodicmemorytaskdesignedforremote,unsupervisedadministration.Theimagesincludedinthetest arefromtheMITSUNDatabase(Xiaoet al., 2010)
TaskParameters:Inthestudyportionofthetest,participantsarepresentedwith24pairsofimagesandinformedtheywilllaterbetestedonwhichimageswerepairedtogether. Thetwoimageswithineachpairareuniqueexamplesofthesametypeofobjectorscene(e.g.,twoimagesofbarns).Imagepairsarepresentedsequentiallyfor5000mseach,witha1500msinterstimulusintervalbetweenpairs.Afteradelayofapproximately1.5-2.5minutes,duringwhichanotherbrieftestistypicallycompleted,participantsaresequentiallypresentedwithoneimagefromeachofthestudiedimagepairs.Participantsareaskedtoidentifywhichimagewaspreviouslypairedwiththeprobeimagebyselectingthecorrectimagefromfiveresponseoptions.Eachoftheincorrectresponseimagesdepictsauniqueexampleofthesametypeofobjectorsceneastheimagesintheoriginalpair(e.g.,barns).Participantscompleteoneunscoredpracticetrialbeforebeginningthe24testtrials.
PrimaryOutcome:Thesuggestedprimaryoutcomeforthetestistheproportionoftesttrialsansweredcorrectly(accuracy).
UserInput:Participantsrespondeitherbytouching(touch-compatibledevices)orclickingtheirselections.
AlternateTaskVersions:Alternateformsofthistestarenotavailable.
Psychometrics:● Reliability: Insingle-sessiontesting,variationinaccuracybetweenparticipantshasasplit-halfreliabilityof.77.● Scoredistribution:
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References:
Singh,S.,Strong,R.W.,Jung,L.,Li,F. H.,Grinspoon,L.,Scheuer, L.S.,Passell,E.J.,Martini,P.,Chaytor, N.,Soble,J.R.,&Germine,L.(2021).TheTestMyBrainDigitalNeuropsychologyToolkit:DevelopmentandPsychometricCharacteristics.JournalofClinicalandExperimentalNeuropsychology, 43(8),786-795.
Xiao,J.,Hays,J.,Ehinger, K.A.,Oliva,A.,&Torralba,A.(2010).SUNdatabase:Large-scalescenerecognitionfromabbeytozoo.In2010IEEEComputerSocietyConferenceonComputerVisionandPatternRecognition(pp.3485-3492).IEEE.
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