SBIR Phase I: Visuotactile tests of mental domains

小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段更广泛的影响/商业潜力是为患有严重神经或精神疾病的人提供更好的结果和更低的成本。这项拟议的技术将为评估认知功能提供一套测试。数以百万计的美国人在经历了创伤性脑损伤后，遭受着持续性的情感、认知或感觉运动障碍。拟议的系统将在标准的移动设备上运行，以便于诊断和治疗。这个小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段项目将确定开发一系列视觉触觉测试来评估心智领域的可行性。这项拟议的研究将产生基于新的视觉触觉测量的刺激反应数据(心理测量函数)，并将它们与基于金本位测量的类似函数进行比较，后者更难获得。个性化测试将通过为每个人和测试阶段定制刺激参数来最大限度地提高可解释性，从而将地板和天花板效应的可能性降至最低。如果建议措施的心理测量趋势与类似黄金标准措施的心理测量趋势相匹配，则可行性目标将实现。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I is better outcomes and lower costs for people with major neurological or psychiatric conditions. The proposed technology will offer a set of tests for assessment of cognitive function. Millions of Americans suffer persistent emotional, cognitive, or sensorimotor dysfunction after experiencing traumatic brain injury. The proposed system will operate on standard mobile devices to facilitate easy diagnosis and treatment. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will establish the feasibility of developing a battery of visuotactile tests to assess mental domains. The proposed study will yield stimulus-response data (psychometric functions) based on novel visuotactile measures and compare them to analogous functions based on gold-standard measures that are much less accessible. Personalized testing will maximize interpretability by customizing stimulus parameters for each individual and testing session, thus minimizing the likelihood of floor and ceiling effects. The feasibility aims will be achieved if psychometric trends for the proposed measures match those found for analogous gold-standard measures.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.