Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery (Penn CNB)

The Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery (Penn CNB) is a Dutch translation of the web-based computerized neurocognitive battery developed by the Brain Behavior Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania (https://penncnp.med.upenn.edu/). It includes a total of 17 tests, resulting in measures of performance accuracy (the percentage or number of correct responses) and reaction time in 5 overall cognitive domains. These domains, their corresponding test and which cognitive skill they specifically measure are: 1) executive-control [Continuous Performance Test (measures attention), Letter N-Back Test (measures working memory), and Conditional Exclusion Test (measures abstraction and mental flexibility)]; 2) episodic memory [Face Memory Test (measures face memory), Word Memory Test (measures verbal memory), and Visual Object Learning Test (measures spatial memory)]; 3) complex cognition [Matrix Reasoning Test (measures nonverbal reasoning), Verbal Reasoning Test (measures language reasoning), and Line Orientation Test (measures spatial ability)]; 4) social cognition [Emotion Identification Test (measures emotion identification), Emotion Differentiation Test (measures emotion differentiation), and Age Differentiation Test (measures age differentiation)]; and 5) sensorimotor speed [Motor Praxis Task (measures sensorimotor speed), and Finger Tapping Test (measures motor speed)].

In YOUth, the Emotion Recognition test, the Motor Praxis test (Mouse Practice task), and the Word Memory task (including Delay) were used. In the Mouse Practice task, children click as quickly as possible on a green square that disappears after the click, and that reappears smaller each time as the task progresses. In the Word Memory task, children are asked to remember words that are displayed one by one, and afterwards indicate which of the words shown on the screen they saw before. Delayed verbal memory is assessed 20 minutes later by asking the children to respond to a new mix of target words and distractors. The Emotion Recognition task consists of 40 items in which faces are presented one by one, each having a neutral or emotional (happy, sad, angry, fearful) expression. Children are asked to choose which emotion is expressed. Data were collected up until December 2020.

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  • Child and Adolescent

  • 9 years
    •   C
    8.0 - 10.0 years   From 2016-03-14 to 2020-04-14
  • 12 years
    •   C
    11.0 - 16.0 years   From 2019-07-04 to 2022-12-01
    Mode of collection MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery (Penn CNB)
    Alternate name Penn Emotion Recognition Test, Penn Motor Praxis Test, Penn Word Memory Test, Penn Word Memory Test Delay
    Measure name Penn Computerized Neurocognitive Battery (Penn CNB)
    References
    Swagerman, S. C., de Geus, E. J. C., Kan, K.-J., van Bergen, E., Nieuwboer, H. A., Koenis, M. M. G., Hulshoff Pol, H. E., Gur, R. E., Gur, R. C., & Boomsma, D. I. (2016). The Computerized Neurocognitive Battery: Validation, aging effects, and heritability across cognitive domains. Neuropsychology, 30(1), 53–64. https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000248
    Gur, R. C., Richard, J., Hughett, P., Calkins, M. E., Macy, L., Bilker, W. B., Brensinger, C., & Gur, R. E. (2010). A cognitive neuroscience-based computerized battery for efficient measurement of individual differences: Standardization and initial construct validation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 187(2), 254–262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2009.11.017
    Gur, R. C., Richard, J., Calkins, M. E., Chiavacci, R., Hansen, J. A., Bilker, W. B., Loughead, J., Connolly, J. J., Qiu, H., Mentch, F. D., Abou-Sleiman, P. M., Hakonarson, H., & Gur, R. E. (2012). Age group and sex differences in performance on a computerized neurocognitive battery in children age 8−21. Neuropsychology, 26(2), 251–265. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0026712
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