An eye-tracking version of the trail-making test.
The neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may render patients unable to speak or write, so that objective assessment of cognitive impairment, which is commonly of a dysexecutive nature, is challenging. There is therefore a need to develop other methods of assessment that utilize o...
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| author | Stephen L Hicks Rakesh Sharma Amad N Khan Claire M Berna Andrea Waldecker Kevin Talbot Chris Kennard Martin R Turner |
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| description | The neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may render patients unable to speak or write, so that objective assessment of cognitive impairment, which is commonly of a dysexecutive nature, is challenging. There is therefore a need to develop other methods of assessment that utilize other relatively unaffected motor systems. In this proof-of-principle study a novel eye-tracking version of the trail-making test was compared with performance on the standard written version in a group of healthy volunteers. There was good correlation for speed between both versions of Part B (R(2)=0.73), suggesting that this is a viable method to objectively assess cognitive impairment in disorders where patients are unable to speak or write. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2c6902dbef16431a8be421a7682933572025-08-20T02:34:10ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-01812e8406110.1371/journal.pone.0084061An eye-tracking version of the trail-making test.Stephen L HicksRakesh SharmaAmad N KhanClaire M BernaAndrea WaldeckerKevin TalbotChris KennardMartin R TurnerThe neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may render patients unable to speak or write, so that objective assessment of cognitive impairment, which is commonly of a dysexecutive nature, is challenging. There is therefore a need to develop other methods of assessment that utilize other relatively unaffected motor systems. In this proof-of-principle study a novel eye-tracking version of the trail-making test was compared with performance on the standard written version in a group of healthy volunteers. There was good correlation for speed between both versions of Part B (R(2)=0.73), suggesting that this is a viable method to objectively assess cognitive impairment in disorders where patients are unable to speak or write.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084061 |
| spellingShingle | Stephen L Hicks Rakesh Sharma Amad N Khan Claire M Berna Andrea Waldecker Kevin Talbot Chris Kennard Martin R Turner An eye-tracking version of the trail-making test. PLoS ONE |
| title | An eye-tracking version of the trail-making test. |
| title_full | An eye-tracking version of the trail-making test. |
| title_fullStr | An eye-tracking version of the trail-making test. |
| title_full_unstemmed | An eye-tracking version of the trail-making test. |
| title_short | An eye-tracking version of the trail-making test. |
| title_sort | eye tracking version of the trail making test |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084061 |
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