If you have a patient with working memory or attention deficits, this app could be a very useful tool to use with him or her. The “Memory Trainer” android app focuses on working memory, spatial span and selective attention. Training is encompassed in six different exercises. One exercise involves generating a ToDo lists with full length sentences. The patient is then asked to remember parts of the sentences. The exercise is thus very ecological and potentially generalizable to real life.
You can choose to do a progressive training over 20 sessions or decide your activity and difficulty level. The app will log your session performance and plot it on a graph. This graph can be useful for the neuropsychologist wanting to follow-up on the client's progress, to confront them on their limitations or motivate them if needed.
The app, created by Urbian Inc, will also offer tips on ways to improve memory. For example, chunking information together, creating imagery, recommending healthy life styles, etc. Finally, the app also gives some information about what is short term memory. And it’s free.
Jocelyn Morettini
Health Psychologist / Neuropsychologist
This is an app i would try to use with my patients.
ReplyDeletei'm an occupational therapist.
Check out novopsych.com for details on how to administer psychometric tests on your iPad. worth a look!
ReplyDeleteIt is designed specifically for clinicians working in the mental health arena who want to administer valid and reliable psychometric tests using their iPad.
As NovoPsych delivers psychological assessments via an iPad, clients can complete tests in your office or waiting room by simply tapping the iPad’s screen. The results are automatically calculated and sent to you, their clinician, giving access to scores instantly. Say goodbye to hand scoring tests! NovoPsych allows you to administer widely used psychometric tests, and scores are converted into percentile ranks so clinicians are provided with data to appropriately interpret test results.
For information about what tests can currently be administered through NovoPsych click here.
We have released an app which includes Complex working memory and Dual N Back along with a lot more tasks https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bodhi.brainturk.lite
ReplyDeleteHello! Great your idea and nice your blog side.I say that I'm always thinking about creating. My future starts when I wake up every morning... Every day I find something creative to do with my life.Thanks all!!
ReplyDelete~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Visit apps page