- CogScreen-Aeromedical Edition (CogScreen-AE) is a computer-administered
and scored cognitive-screening instrument designed to rapidly assess
deficits or changes in attention, immediate- and short-term memory,
visual perceptual functions, sequencing functions, logical problem solving,
calculation skills, reaction time, simultaneous information processing
abilities, and executive functions.
- CogScreen-AE was initially designed to meet the Federal Aviation
Administration's (FAA) need for an instrument that could detect subtle
changes in cognitive functioning: "changes which left unnoticed may
result in poor pilot judgment or slow reaction time in critical operational
situations" (Engelberg, Gibbons, & Doege, 1986, p. lS89).
- CogScreen-AE meets the FAA's requirement for a sensitive and specific
neurocognitive test battery for use in the medical recertification evaluation
of pilots with known or suspected neurological and/or psychiatric conditions
CogScreen-AE is not a test of aviation knowledge or flying skills, but
rather a measure of the underlying perceptual cognitive, and information
processing abilities associated with flying (Imhoff & Levine, 1986).
- CogScreen-AE consists of a series of computerized cognitive tasks, each self-contained and presented with instructions and a practice segment. The subtests are listed and described below.
DESCRIPTIONS OF COGSCREEN-AE SUBTESTS
| Subtest | Description |
| Backward Digit Span (BDS) | Recall of a sequence of visually presented digits in reverse order. |
| Math | Traditional math word problems with multiple choice answer format. |
| Visual Sequence Comparison (VSC) | Comparison of two simultaneously presented series of letters and numbers. |
| Symbol Digit Coding (SDC) | Substitution of digits for symbols using a key, followed by immediate and delayed recall of symbol-digit pairs. |
| Matching to Sample (MTS) | Immediate recognition for a checkerboard pattern. |
| Manikin (MAN) | Mental rotation task requiring respondent to identify the hand in which a rotated human figure is holding a flag. |
| Divided Attention (DAT) | Task employs a visual monitoring task, which is presented alone and in combination with the Visual Sequence Comparison task. |
| Auditory Sequence Comparison (ASC) | Comparison of two series of tone patterns |
| Pathfinder (PF) | Visual sequencing and scanning task that requires respondents to sequence numbers, letters, and an alternating set of numbers and letters. |
| Shifting Attention (SAT) | Rule-acquisition and rule-application test requiring mental flexibility and conceptual reasoning. |
| Dual Task (DTT) | Consists of two tasks, each of which is performed alone and then together as a simulta-neous test. One task is a visual-motor tracking test. The second task is a continuous memory task involving serial digit recall. |
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