Test spotlight: a key pairs 1-9 with nine symbols. Tap the matching number, 90 seconds, 144 items. A hundred-year-old coding task that transfers to a phone almost unchanged. #ProcessingSpeed #RemoteAssessment #DigitalHealth Number-Symbol Match: mobiletoolbox.org

Test spotlight: Sequences flashes letters and numbers one per second, then you tap them back, letters alphabetically, numbers ascending. Grows until you miss three in a row. Working memory, on your own phone, about 5 minutes. How it works: mobiletoolbox.org

M4 Workshop 2 on Item Response Theory starts today, three Thursdays left. And ACRM opens Monday in DC through Oct 16. Busy week for anyone working in rehabilitation outcomes. #ItemResponseTheory #Rehabilitation #ACRM2026 M4 registration: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.c…

Two days. M4 Workshop 2 on Item Response Theory starts Thursday Oct 8, four sessions through Oct 29, free and grant-funded. #ItemResponseTheory #Psychometrics #ResearchTraining Register: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.c…

Test spotlight: Word Meaning is a synonym test with no pictures and no audio, so it works anywhere a participant happens to be. Correlated .70 with NIH Toolbox® Picture Vocabulary in person, .67 remote. #ReceptiveVocabulary #DigitalHealth #Psychometrics

Test spotlight: Arrow Matching. 50 trials, 2 seconds each, four distractor arrows pulling you the wrong way. Inhibitory control, on your own phone. #InhibitoryControl #ExecutiveFunction #DigitalHealth Learn more: mobiletoolbox.org

One week out. M4 Workshop 2 on Item Response Theory begins Oct 8 and runs four Thursdays. Free, grant-funded, open registration. #ItemResponseTheory #Psychometrics #ResearchTraining Sign up: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.c…

Test spotlight: Faces and Names. Twelve people, twelve names, then recall the face, the first letter, and the match. Associative memory, on the participant's own phone. #AssociativeMemory #DigitalHealth #CognitiveAging Learn more: mobiletoolbox.org

Grad students, postdocs, and early career researchers: up to $4,000 to support your project using Mobile Toolbox. Rolling review. #EarlyCareerResearchers #ResearchFunding #DigitalHealth Details and applications: [email protected] | mobiletoolbox.org

Does smartphone cognitive testing work with kids and teens? A feasibility study in Child Development put Mobile Toolbox to the test. #MobileToolbox #DigitalHealth #ChildDevelopment Young et al. (2024), open access: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…

Executive functioning and processing speed predicted global cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (Haran et al. 2025). Mobile Toolbox measures both remotely: Shape-Color Sorting and Number-Symbol Match on the participant's own phone. #AlzheimersResearch pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…

Test spotlight for #WorldAlzheimersDay: Mobile Toolbox Spelling. Dictated words typed on the participant's own phone, adaptive item selection. Almost no age effect across adulthood, which may make it useful for estimating premorbid functioning. #MobileToolbox #DigitalHealth

Test spotlight: Faces and Names. Twelve face-name pairs learned, then recognition and recall after a delay. Derived from FNAME, which research has linked to amyloid burden in cognitively normal adults. Runs on a participant's own phone. #MobileToolbox #Memory #DigitalHealth

M4 Workshop 1 is underway. Social-Behavioral Influences on Aging, today and tomorrow, 9AM to 12PM CST. Missed it? Item Response Theory starts Oct 8 across four Thursdays. #MobileToolbox #Aging #HRS #HCAP #ResearchMethods

M4 Workshop 1 starts tomorrow. Social-Behavioral Influences on Aging, 9AM to 12PM CST Thursday and Friday, free. Not your area? Someone in your lab may be exactly the right fit. Pass it along. #MobileToolbox #Aging #HRS #HCAP Register: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.c…

Test spotlight: Number-Symbol Match. A processing speed measure with roots in early 20th century coding tasks, now running on participants' own phones. More at mobiletoolbox.org #MobileToolbox #DigitalHealth #ProcessingSpeed

One week out. M4 Workshop 1, Social-Behavioral Influences on Aging, runs Sept 10 and 11 from 9AM to 12PM CST. Free, grant-funded, HRS and HCAP examples throughout. #MobileToolbox #Aging #HRS #HCAP #ResearchMethods Register: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.c…

Remote exercise training for older adults with MS, delivered at home, with cognition and quality of life tracked as secondary outcomes. An RCT in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders. Remote design is what made the sample possible. Full study: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4178…

Running longitudinal studies with aging populations? M4 Workshop 1 covers Social-Behavioral Influences on Aging with HRS and HCAP examples. Sept 10 and 11, 9AM to 12PM CST. Free, and the first of five. northwestern.az1.qualtrics.c…

Free, grant-funded training for aging researchers: M4 Workshop 1 covers Social-Behavioral Influences on Aging using HRS and HCAP data. Sept 10–11, 2026 | 9AM–12PM CST. Register for free: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.c… #MobileToolbox #Aging #HRS #HCAP #ResearchMethods