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Design of a Mobile-Based Neurological Assessment Tool for Aging Populations

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Mobile devices are becoming more pervasive in the monitoring of individuals’ health as device functionalities increase as does overall device prevalence in daily life. Therefore, it is necessary that these devices and their interactions are usable by individuals with diverse abilities and conditions. This paper assesses the usability of a neurocognitive assessment application by individuals with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and proposes a design that focuses on the user interface, specifically on testing instructions, layouts, and subsequent user interactions. Further, we investigate potential benefits of cognitive interference (e.g., the addition of outside stimuli that intrude on task-related activity) on a user’s task performance. Understanding the population’s usability requirements and their performance on configured tasks allows for the formation of usable and objective neurocognitive assessments.

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    John Michael Templeton, Christian Poellabauer & Sandra Schneider

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  1. School of Computer Science, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK

    Juan Ye

  2. School of Computer Science and Information Technology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Michael J. O'Grady

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

    Gabriele Civitarese

  4. Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

    Kristina Yordanova

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Templeton, J.M., Poellabauer, C., Schneider, S. (2021). Design of a Mobile-Based Neurological Assessment Tool for Aging Populations. In: Ye, J., O'Grady, M.J., Civitarese, G., Yordanova, K. (eds) Wireless Mobile Communication and Healthcare. MobiHealth 2020. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 362. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70569-5_11

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