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measure Cyberball Task
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 9-10 yearsThe Cyberball task is a computerized game used to study the effects of social exclusion on individuals. Participants play a virtual ball-tossing game with other players, who are actually controlled by the computer. The participant is sometimes excluded from the game.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Shortened Nonword Repetition Task (NWR-S)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 9-10 yearsThe Nonword Repetition Task assesses interactions between the auditory system, phonological representations, articulation, vocabulary, and literacy. During the task, children are asked to repeat nonwords of two, three, four or five syllables with differing phonotactic probabilities. The original NWR task consists of 40 nonwords, whereas the short version...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Donating task
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 7 yearsThe Donating Task aims to measure costly prosocial behavior by giving a child the option to donate money to charities or to keep it for themselves. Children are shown a short video from a charity organization on a computer, such as Unicef, SOS Kinderdorpen, or Liliane Fonds. The video features the life of a poor, malnourished child in a developing...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Columbia Card Task (CCT)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 9-10 yearsThe Columbia Card Task (CCT) is a psychological test that measures cognitive functions related to executive functioning, such as planning, set shifting, decision-making, and inhibitory control. During the CCT, participants are presented with a deck of cards and are required to sort the cards based on different categories, with the rules for sorting...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Raven's Progressive Matrices Test (RPM) - set I
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 5-6 yearsRaven's Progressive Matrices (often referred to simply as Raven's Matrices or RPM) is a non-verbal test used to measure general intelligence and abstract reasoning. It is one of the most common tests administered to both groups and individuals ranging from 5-years-olds to the elderly. It consists of 60 multiple choice questions, listed in order of...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure PROP taster status
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 5-6 yearsPROP taster status was determined by using a method developed by Keller et al. (2002). Children were classified as "tasters" or "non-tasters" by giving them 5 ml of 0.56 mmol l-1 solution of PROP (6-n-propylthiouracil; pharmacy of Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) after which they were asked the question: "Do you taste anything?"Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Snijders-Oomen Niet-verbale Intelligentie Test 2.5-7 jaar revisie (SON-R 2.5-7)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 5-6 yearsThe Snijders-Oomen Niet-verbale Intelligentie Test 2.5-7 jaar revisie (SON-R 2.5-7) is a test battery that assesses intelligence in young children without the need to use language. It consists of the subtest puzzles, categories, patterns, situations, mosaics and analogies, which together assess abstract reasoning and spatial insight abilities.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Finger tapping task
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 9-10 yearsThe Finger Tapping Task is a computerized task that assesses motor control, speed and lateralized coordination. During the task, children have to tap switching between their right, left, or both index fingers as quickly as possible for 10 seconds. A total of five trials are measured, starting with a visual and an auditory queue. The total number of finger...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 9-10 yearsThe Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) assesses the ability to recognize complex mental states as expressed by human eyes. Participants pick one of four options (e.g. puzzled, nervous, insisting or contemplative) which they think best describes what the person in each photograph is thinking or feeling.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Neuropsychological development (NEPSY-II-NL)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 7 yearsThe NEPSY-II-NL is a Dutch adaptation of the NEPSY-II which assesses neuropsychological functioning. The test battery consists of 34 subtests that assess four domains: Attention and executive functions, Language, Memory and learning, Sensorimotoric integration, Social cognition, and Visuospatial processing.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Honesty task
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task MRI Available measurements: Generation R 7 yearsIn the honesty task, participants could gain money by accurately predicting the outcomes of computerized coin flips. In some trials, participants could record their predictions in advance. In other trials, they were rewarded based on self-reported accuracy and could gain money by lying about the accuracy of their predictions. Participants performed the...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Language Tests for Children (Taaltest voor kinderen)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 5-6 yearsTaaltest voor Kinderen (TvK) is a Dutch battery that aims to test language proficiency in children. Its subtests encompass receptive and productive language proficiency in terms of phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Walking Backwards task
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 9-10 yearsThe Walking Backwards task (Rückwärts Balancieren) from the Body Coordination Test for Children (Korperkoordinationstest für Kinder) assesses balancing ability. Children are asked to walk backwards on three different balance beams. They start with a forwards practice, after which they have to walk backwards twice.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024