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Recent Developments of Ambulatory Assessment Methods

An Overview of Current Technologies and Implications for Neuropsychology

Published Online:December 01, 2014https://doi.org/10.1024/1016-264X/a000143

Abstract

Ambulatory assessment of emotional states as well as psychophysiological, cognitive and behavioral reactions constitutes an approach, which is increasingly being used in psychological research. Due to new developments in the field of information and communication technologies and an improved application of mobile physiological sensors, various new systems have been introduced. Methods of experience sampling allow to assess dynamic changes of subjective evaluations in real time and new sensor technologies permit a measurement of physiological responses. In addition, new technologies facilitate the interactive assessment of subjective, physiological, and behavioral data in real-time. Here, we describe these recent developments from the perspective of engineering science and discuss potential applications in the field of neuropsychology.


Aktuelle Entwicklungen für das ambulante Assessment – eine Übersicht über neueste Technologien und Implikationen für die Neuropsychologie

Die ambulante Erfassung emotionaler, kognitiver und behavioraler Parameter sowie die Registrierung psychophysiologischer Beanspruchungsreaktionen gewinnen heutzutage in der Psychologie einen immer größeren Stellenwert. Befördert durch Neuentwicklungen in der Kommunikationstechnologie und die mittlerweile relativ unkomplizierte Anwendbarkeit tragbarer physiologischer Sensoren stehen immer mehr Systeme für den Einsatz unter Alltagsbedingungen zur Verfügung. Verfahren wie das Experience Sampling werden eingesetzt, um dynamische Veränderungen subjektiver Selbsteinschätzungen in Echtzeit zu erfassen; psychophysiologische Sensoren geben Auskunft über physiologische Beanspruchungsreaktionen. Neueste interaktive Assessmentstrategien ermöglichen es, Wechselwirkungen zwischen subjektiven, physiologischen und behavioralen Reaktionen in Echtzeit zu erfassen. Der Artikel beschreibt die neuesten Entwicklungen aus Sicht der Ingenieurwissenschaften und zeigt Anwendungsmöglichkeiten im Bereich der Neuropsychologie auf.

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