Projects
Minicog And Minicog Rapid Assessment Battery (MRAB)
TheMiniCog Rapid Assessment Battery (MRAB) is a package of nine short cognitive test scripts in the domains of attention, executive function, and problem-solving that ran in the MiniCog application. For a description of the software and MRAB tests, please see the MiniCog/MRAB User Manual and two articles cited below.
A pre-employment screening company, Criteria Corporation, has licensed the software from Harvard and developed a web-based version of the MRAB tasks as part of their portfolio of assessments. This online commercial suite is the only available current version of the tasks.
- Shephard, J. M., and Kosslyn, S. M. (2005). The MiniCog Rapid Assessment Battery: Developing a "blood pressure cuff for the mind." Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 76(6, Suppl.), B192-B197.
- Shephard, J. M., Kho, S., Chen, J., and Kosslyn, S. M. (2006). MiniCog: A method for administering psychological tests and experiments on a handheld personal digital assistant. Behavior Research Methods, 38, 648-655.
Contact Jennifer Shephard with further questions. (Last updated 9 June 2014.)
Groupbrain Project
More information about a 2008 project with Richard Hackman's lab to study the impact of neurocognitive processes and group interaction on collaboration in analytic teams can be found on the GroupBrain website.
Current Projects
All other active projects have been shifted to Active Learning Sciences, Inc. These projects range from helping to develop a new university in Seoul, South Korea, to developing a new Learning Management System that is fully integrated with AI. Additional information about projects can be found either at www.activelearningsciences.com or by contacting the company directly.