Computerized performance test batteries Assessment Battery

Most government-sponsored computerized performance test batteries are compilations of computer performance tests that were originally developed and tested in controlled laboratory settings. The purpose of many of these tests is to determine the effects of risk factors on fitness for government duty, and to assess the efficacy of countermeasures designed to offset the performance effects of these risk factors. 

Snyder FR, Davis FC, Henningfield JE. (1989). The tobacco withdrawal syndrome performance decrements assessed on a computerized test battery. Drug Alcohol Depend. 23(3) 259-66. 

The rst trial involved 20 students who were given daily oral capsules containing either 50 pL each of essential oil and sun ower oil (1-3 capsules) or 100 pL of sun ower oil as placebo. Students therefore received 0, 50, 100, or 150 pL of essential oil. The Cognitive Drug Research (CDR)-computerized assessment battery was used predose and up to 6 h posttreatment. Performance was found to be enhanced at 1 and 2.5 h for both immediate and delayed memory recall. A similar second test using 25 and 50 pL of essential oil found that improved memory performance was maintained from 1 to 4 h posttreatment for the 50 pL dose only. Overall, the 25 and 150 pL doses had no signi cant effect (Tildesley et al., 2003). 

In a study of age-associated memory impairment [Crook and Lakin 1991), using a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial and three doses of ondansetron (10, 250, or 1,000 pg po bid), patients were treated for 12 weeks, followed by a 2-week washout period, with assessments being made at the initiation of, during, and at the termination of treatment. Behavioral rating scales and a computerized battery of tests related to learning and memory tasks of daily life were used to assess changes in cognitive performance. Ondansetron caused dose-related effects to enhance acquisition, name-face associa-... 

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