Conference on Advanced Psychometric Methods in Cognitive Aging Research

认知衰老研究中的高级心理测量方法会议

• 批准号: 7577498
• 负责人: DAN M. MUNGAS
• 金额: $ 3万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-04-01 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7577498
• 关键词: Address; Aging; Alzheimer' s Disease; Brain; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Clinical Research; Cognition; Cognition Disorders; Cognitive; Cognitive aging; Collaborations; Data; Diagnosis; Disease; Early Diagnosis; Education; Educational workshop; Elderly; Environment; Faculty; Goals; Hand; Impaired cognition; Journals; Language; Learning; Manuscripts; Measurement; Memory; Methodology; Methods; Monitor; Neuropsychological Tests; Peer Review; Play; Population; Postdoctoral Fellow; Prevalence; Production; Psychometrics; Research; Research Design; Research Methodology; Research Personnel; Role; Seasons; Series; Shapes; Structure; Techniques; Testing; base; cognitive function; cognitive reserve; design; experience; graduate student; improved; interest; response; symposium; theories

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is intense scientific interest in normal and pathological cognitive functioning in older adults that has been stimulated by the rapid increase in the older segment of the population. The increasing prevalence with advancing age of debilitating diseases like Alzheimer's disease has led to a need for clinical and research methods for measurement of effects of these diseases, and cognitive tests play a major role in diagnosis and monitoring of disease status and progression. Increasing demographic diversity creates special challenges for accurate measurement of cognition. Most neuropsychological tests of cognition that are in clinical and research use were developed using psychometric methods from the first half of the 20th century. There have been substantial advances in measurement theory and methodology, notably item response theory (IRT) and associated methods, that could have an important impact on the measurement of cognition, study design, and analysis of cognitive variables. This conference series is designed to promote the application of modern psychometric methods in research on cognitive decline associated with diseases of aging. Specific goals are: 1) to expose developing and established researchers in cognitive aging to modern psychometric techniques, 2) to expose experts in psychometric theory to the practical and theoretical concerns of cognitive aging research, and 3) encourage production of manuscripts based on the interactions of researchers, psychometricians, and statisticians during these conferences. We have had three successful annual conferences to date, and this experience has helped to shape our plans for the planned series of conferences. The format of the conferences will include didactic presentations by experts in cognitive aging and applied psychometric theory, demonstrations of psychometric and statistical analytic methods, and most importantly, hands-on experience using real data. This content and format is not only appropriate for encouraging education and collaboration of seasoned researchers but has also been an extremely effective learning environment for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty with these interests. The main objectives of the first annual conference will be to address measurement issues that can enhance ability of cognitive tests to detect effects of Alzheimer and cerebrovascular disease. In subsequent years, the topics will focus on cognitive reserve, normative aging, the relationship between brain structure and cognition, and measurement bias in demographically diverse groups. As in previous years, there will be a heavy emphasis on workgroups organized around scientific analyses of real data, and we plan to disseminate the information resulting from these workshops in both traditional academic outlets (e.g. submission of manuscripts for peer reviewed scientific journals) and through symposia at annual scientific conferences. Dementing illnesses of aging like Alzheimer's disease are defined by their debilitating effects on cognitive abilities like memory, language, planning and organization, and reasoning. Modern psychometric methods have promise to improve measurement of cognition to enhance ability for early diagnosis and advance research on mechanisms and treatments of cognitive decline in older persons.

描述（由申请人提供）：老年人的快速增长刺激了对老年人正常和病理认知功能的强烈科学兴趣。随着年龄的增长，阿尔茨海默病等衰弱性疾病的患病率越来越高，因此需要临床和研究方法来测量这些疾病的影响，认知测试在诊断和监测疾病状态和进展方面发挥着重要作用。人口多样性的增加为准确测量认知带来了特殊的挑战。大多数临床和研究中使用的认知神经心理学测试都是从20世纪上半叶开始使用心理测量方法开发的。测量理论和方法取得了重大进展，特别是项目反应理论（IRT）及其相关方法，对认知测量、研究设计和认知变量分析产生了重要影响。本系列会议旨在促进现代心理测量方法在与衰老疾病相关的认知衰退研究中的应用。具体目标是：1)让认知衰老领域的研究人员了解现代心理测量技术；2)让心理测量理论领域的专家了解认知衰老研究的实践和理论问题；3)鼓励在这些会议期间，基于研究人员、心理测量学家和统计学家的互动，发表论文。迄今为止，我们已经成功举办了三次年度会议，这一经验有助于我们制定计划中的系列会议的计划。会议的形式将包括认知老化和应用心理测量理论专家的教学演讲，心理测量和统计分析方法的演示，最重要的是，使用真实数据的实践经验。这种内容和形式不仅适合于鼓励经验丰富的研究人员的教育和合作，而且对于有这些兴趣的研究生，博士后研究员和初级教师来说也是一个非常有效的学习环境。第一届年度会议的主要目标将是解决可以提高认知测试能力的测量问题，以检测阿尔茨海默病和脑血管病的影响。在接下来的几年里，主题将集中在认知储备，规范老龄化，大脑结构与认知的关系，以及人口统计学不同群体的测量偏差。与前几年一样，我们将重点关注围绕真实数据的科学分析组织的工作组，我们计划通过传统的学术渠道（例如向同行评审的科学期刊提交手稿）和年度科学会议的专题讨论会来传播这些讲习班产生的信息。像阿尔茨海默病这样的老年痴呆症是由它们对记忆、语言、计划和组织以及推理等认知能力的削弱而定义的。现代心理测量方法有望改善认知测量，提高早期诊断能力，推进老年人认知衰退机制和治疗的研究。