SBIR Phase I: Visuotactile tests of mental domains

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是为患有主要神经或精神疾病的人提供更好的结果和更低的成本。 拟议中的技术将提供一套评估认知功能的测试。 数百万美国人在经历创伤性脑损伤后遭受持续的情感，认知或感觉运动功能障碍。 拟议的系统将在标准的移动的设备上运行，以方便诊断和治疗。这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将建立一个电池的视觉触觉测试，以评估心理领域的可行性。拟议的研究将产生刺激反应数据（心理测量功能）的基础上新的视觉触觉措施，并将它们与类似的功能的基础上，黄金标准的措施，是不太容易。个性化测试将通过为每个人和测试会话定制刺激参数来最大限度地提高可解释性，从而最大限度地减少地板和天花板效应的可能性。如果所提出的措施的心理测量趋势与类似的金标准措施相匹配，则可行性目标将得以实现。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值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.