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https://github.com/neuropsychology/CognitiveControl

A neuropsychological task measuring different aspects of cognitive control (processing speed, inhibition, conflict resolution...)
https://github.com/neuropsychology/CognitiveControl

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A neuropsychological task measuring different aspects of cognitive control (processing speed, inhibition, conflict resolution...)

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/neuropsychology/CognitiveControl
Owner: neuropsychology
Created: 2019-03-24T06:26:38.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2019-12-19T11:05:51.000Z (about 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-08-01T16:18:54.110Z (5 months ago)
Language: Python
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Size: 19.6 MB
Stars: 28
Watchers: 4
Forks: 4
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md

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README

        # The Cognitive Control Game 1.0

![](CoCon.gif)

## Aim

**Cognitive Control is a critical aspect of our adaptive nature** and has been shown to be strongly related to many positive outcomes, such as **wellbeing**, **mental health**, **emotion regulation** and **goals achievement**. However, there is a general agreement that it is not a **unitary process**, but an ability emerging from the integration of several **distinctive** and **independent** mechanisms.

While an accurate assessment of cognitive control is critical in neuropsychological practice and research, it often remains a challenge:

- The tasks used in clinical practice are very different from the ones used in research

- The assessment of different cognitive control components is done through very different tasks, requiring a selection that rarely provides a comprehensive view

- The existing tasks are often not very user-friendly, being often long, boring, not interesting, stressful and tiring

The goal of this project is to build a **single task** that measures several **distinct components** of cognitive control and allows their delineation. Moreover, by bridging advanced statistical processing with a game-like design, we hope to create a task that is **comprehensive**, yet **specific**, **short**, yet **robust**, **precise**, yet **interesting** for the patient. This task should be suited for clinical practice and research and for different age groups, as well as runnable on different hardware setups.

## Project Steps

- [ ] Developing a prototype (in python)

- [ ] Testing the prototype 

- [ ] Developing the game (in Julia - Makie? Unity?)

- [ ] Validating the game

## Contribution and Collaboration

This is currently a side-project with no official existence (and no money). However, if you're interested by this idea (or have any thoughts, suggestions or ideas), please let me know by [opening an issue](https://github.com/neuropsychology/CognitiveControl/issues) or contacting me ([[email protected]](https://dominiquemakowski.github.io/)).

## Task Description

### Narrative

### Components

- [ ] **Processing Speed**: The most basic reaction time task measuring the core speed of the stimulus - motor response chain.

  - [x] Design

  - [x] Implementation

  - [ ] Statistical Processing

  - [ ] Validation

- [ ] **Response Selection**: The only additional process is the selection of an appropriate response depending on the stimulus.

  - [x] Design

  - [x] Implementation

  - [ ] Statistical Processing

  - [ ] Validation

  

- [ ] **Response Initiation + Response Inhibition**: Measuring the suppression of the motor response or its initiation.

  - [x] Design

  - [x] Implementation

  - [ ] Statistical Processing

  - [ ] Validation

  

- [ ] **Conflict Resolution**: Measuring the influence of a perceptive conflict.

  - [x] Design

  - [x] Implementation

  - [ ] Statistical Processing

  - [ ] Validation

  

- [ ] **Priming**: The effect of being attentionally primed.

  - [x] Design

  - [ ] Implementation

  - [ ] Statistical Processing

  - [ ] Validation

- [ ] **Priming + Strategy Inhibition**: Measuring the time it takes to detect a drop in the usefulness a cue and the time it takes to adjust and initiate a new behaviour.

  - [x] Design

  - [ ] Implementation

  - [ ] Statistical Processing

  - [ ] Validation

  

- [ ] **Working Memory Span**: Measuring the span of short term memory.

  - [x] Design

  - [ ] Implementation

  - [ ] Statistical Processing

  - [ ] Validation

  

Other non-designed components include **mental set shifting** (switching between different set of rules), **Conflict Monitoring** (the detection of a conflict), or **Updating in Working Memory** (the ability to manipulate and update the information in WM).