Computerization and gamification of cognitive tests for psychological assessment

• Grant number: 23/00149-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2023
• End date: December 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Fundamentals and Assessments in Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Fabiano Koich Miguel
• Grantee: Samuel Pires Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Centro de Educação e Ciências Humanas (CECH). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In recent times the idea of bringing or creating psychological tests to the online modality has been growing. The present project is part of this problem, turning to the field of study of cognitive assessment. For the creation of the tests, it is intended to increase the principles of gamification to the psychological tests in order to make the activities carried out in the tests more playful, attractive and positive for the test taker. In this sense, computerized tests will be created on the constructs of (attention, spatial reasoning, numerical reasoning, working memory, flexibility of thought, vocabulary extension). 2000 people over 18 years of age will participate in this research who will respond in a spiral way to the tests, with other tests being foreseen to evaluate related constructs. Finally, we intend to study the evidence of validity and psychometric parameters of the tests that make up the battery, hoping to result in a set of psychological tasks that facilitate cognitive assessment in different contexts.