BrainHQ Cognitive Assessment Validation

• Attarha, Mouna, Melissa Polusny, Melissa Fisher, et al. 2026. “Construct Validation of a Remote Brain Health Assessment Battery to Evaluate Vocational Aptitude and Factors Associated With Cognitive Resilience in the Military: Observational Trial.” JMIR Formative Research 10 (1): e99490. https://doi.org/10.2196/99490.
• Sk, Runge, Hudak Em, Sutfin Ja, Dobrovolskiy Vr, and Edwards Jd. 2025. “Validity and Reliability of the Online Useful Field of View Test among Community-Dwelling Older Adults.” Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2025.2461518.
• Okada, Hiroki, Saki Komagata, Mayu Takagi, et al. 2025. “Characteristics of Real-World Driving Behavior in People with Schizophrenia: A Naturalistic Study Utilizing Drive Recorders.” Schizophrenia 11 (1): 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41537-025-00613-1.
• McKeown, Mackenzie L., Michael K. Lemke, and Alexander M. Crizzle. 2025. “Examining the Association between Clinical Tests and Simulated Driving Performance in Long-Haul Truck Drivers.” Traffic Injury Prevention, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2025.2587847.
• Delmas, Stefan, Anjali Tiwari, Han-Yun Tseng, Sharon N. Poisson, Manfred Diehl, and Neha Lodha. 2025. “Linking Behavioral Variability to Daily Function in Stroke Survivors: The Mediating Role of Cognitive and Motor Mechanisms.” Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 22 (1): 246. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-025-01783-w.
• Blain, Scott D., Jerillyn S. Kent, Chloe A. Peyromaure de Bord, Scott R. Sponheim, and Ivy F. Tso. 2025. “Social Cognitive Deficits in Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, and First-Degree Relatives: A Large-Sample, Multi-Task Investigation.” Psychiatry Research 352: 116694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116694.
• Attarha, Mouna, Ana Carolina de Figueiredo Pelegrino, Lydia Ouellet, Sarah-Jane Grant, Etienne de Villers-Sidani, and Thomas Van Vleet. 2025. “Bringing Executive Function Testing Online: Assessment Validation Study.” JMIR Formative Research 9 (1): e75687. https://doi.org/10.2196/75687.
• Attarha, Mouna, Ana de Figueiredo Pelegrino, Lydia Ouellet, et al. 2025. “Effects of Computerized Cognitive Training on Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Levels Using [18F]Fluoroethoxybenzovesamicol Positron Emission Tomography in Healthy Older Adults: Results from the Improving Neurological Health in Aging via Neuroplasticity-Based Computerized Exercise (INHANCE) Randomized Clinical Trial.” JMIR Serious Games 13 (1): e75161. https://doi.org/10.2196/75161.
• Attarha, Mouna, Ana De Figueiredo Pelegrino, Lydia Ouellet, et al. 2025. “Association of a Brief Computerized Cognitive Assessment with Cholinergic Neurotransmission: Assessment Validation Study.” JMIR Formative Research 9 (1): e68374. https://doi.org/10.2196/68374.
• Zheng, Chanying, Yuting Cao, Yuyang Li, et al. 2024. “Long-Term Table Tennis Training Alters Dynamic Functional Connectivity and White Matter Microstructure in Large Scale Brain Regions.” Brain Research 1838: 148889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2024.148889.
• Vance, David E., Pariya L. Fazeli, Andres Azuero, et al. 2024. “A 2-Year Longitudinal Randomized Control Trial of Speed of Processing Cognitive Training in Aging Adults with HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: Results of the Think Fast Study.” AIDS and Behavior 28 (10): 3300–3314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04409-9.
• Lee, Pai-Lin, Chih-Kun Huang, Yi-Yi Chen, et al. 2024. “Enhancing Cognitive Function in Older Adults through Processing Speed Training: Implications for Cognitive Health Awareness.” Healthcare 12 (5): 532. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12050532.
• Attarha, Mouna, Henry Mahncke, and Michael Merzenich. 2024. “The Real-World Usability, Feasibility, and Performance Distributions of Deploying a Digital Toolbox of Computerized Assessments to Remotely Evaluate Brain Health: Development and Usability Study.” JMIR Formative Research 8 (1): e53623. https://doi.org/10.2196/53623.
• Stefanidis, K. B., T. Mieran, C. Schiemer, J. Freeman, V. Truelove, and M. J. Summers. 2023. “Cognitive Correlates of Reduced Driving Performance in Healthy Older Adults: A Meta-Analytic Review.” Accident Analysis & Prevention 193: 107337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2023.107337.
• Mahzarnia, Ali, Jacques A. Stout, Robert J. Anderson, et al. 2023. “Identifying Vulnerable Brain Networks Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Risk.” Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y.: 1991) 33 (9): 5307–22. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac419.
• Biagianti, Bruno, Christine Conelea, Sawsan Dabit, et al. 2023. “A Mobile Application Adjunct to Augment Cognitive–Behavioral Group Therapy for Adolescents with Social Anxiety: Feasibility and Acceptability Results from the Wiring Adolescents with Social Anxiety via Behavioral Interventions Pilot Trial.” Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, ahead of print. 140 Huguenot Street, 3rd Floor New Rochelle, NY 10801 USA. https://doi.org/10.1089/cap.2023.0001.
• Maeir, Talia, Mor Nahum, Chen Makranz, Shani Tsabari, Tamar Peretz, and Yafit Gilboa. 2022. “Predictors of Quality of Life among Adults with Self-Reported Cancer Related Cognitive Impairment.” Disability and Rehabilitation 0 (0): 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2050954.
• Mackenzie, Andrew K., Mike L. Vernon, Paul R. Cox, et al. 2022. “The Multiple Object Avoidance (MOA) Task Measures Attention for Action: Evidence from Driving and Sport.” Behavior Research Methods 54 (3): 1508–29. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01679-2.
• Kraft, Jessica N., Alejandro Albizu, Andrew O’Shea, et al. 2022. “Functional Neural Correlates of a Useful Field of View (UFOV)-Based fMRI Task in Older Adults.” Cerebral Cortex (New York, N.Y.: 1991), bhab332. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhab332.
• Kraft, Jessica N., Hanna K. Hausman, Cheshire Hardcastle, et al. 2022. “Task-Based Functional Connectivity of the Useful Field of View (UFOV) fMRI Task.” GeroScience, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-022-00632-1.
• Eastman, Jennifer, Allison Kaup, A. Bahorik, et al. 2022. “Remote Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognition in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Proof-of-Concept Study.” JMIR Formative Research 6 (2). https://doi.org/10.2196/30410.
• Soldevila-Domenech, Natalia, Laura Forcano, Anna Boronat, et al. 2021. “Effects of COVID-19 Home Confinement on Mental Health in Individuals with Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease.” Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 79 (3): 1015–21. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-201408.
• Shimony, Orly, Noam Einav, Omer Bonne, Joshua T. Jordan, Thomas M. Van Vleet, and Mor Nahum. 2021. “The Association between Implicit and Explicit Affective Inhibitory Control, Rumination and Depressive Symptoms.” Scientific Reports 11 (1): 11490. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90875-3.
• Richer, Stuart, Steven Novil, Taylor Gullett, et al. 2021. “Night Vision and Carotenoids (NVC): A Randomized Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial on Effects of Carotenoid Supplementation on Night Vision in Older Adults.” Nutrients 13 (9): 3191. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13093191.
• Hemptinne, Coralie de, Witney Chen, Caroline A. Racine, et al. 2021. “Prefrontal Physiomarkers of Anxiety and Depression in Parkinson’s Disease.” Frontiers in Neuroscience 15. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnins.2021.748165.
• Capizzi, Riley, Melissa Fisher, Bruno Biagianti, et al. 2021. “Testing a Novel Web-Based Neurocognitive Battery in the General Community: Validation and Usability Study.” Journal of Medical Internet Research 23 (5): e25082. https://doi.org/10.2196/25082.
• Yaffe, Kristine, Allison R. Kaup, Amber L. Bahorik, et al. 2020. “Web-Based Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Cognition in Older Adults: Findings from the Brain eHealth Feasibility Study.” Alzheimer’s & Dementia 16 (S10): e041212. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.041212.
• Ramsay, Ian S., Michael-Paul Schallmo, Bruno Biagianti, Melissa Fisher, Sophia Vinogradov, and Scott R. Sponheim. 2020. “Deficits in Auditory and Visual Sensory Discrimination Reflect a Genetic Liability for Psychosis and Predict Disruptions in Global Cognitive Functioning.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00638.
• Harenberg, Sebastian, Jennifer St Onge, Jill Robinson, et al. 2020. “The Effectiveness of 3-Dimensional Multiple Object Tracking in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Trial3D Multiple Object Tracking in MS.” International Journal of MS Care, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.7224/1537-2073.2020-007.
• Chernoff, Andie, Ashley A. Balsom, and Jennifer L. Gordon. 2020. “Psychological Coping Strategies Associated with Improved Mental Health in the Context of Infertility.” Archives of Women’s Mental Health, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-020-01029-9.
• Boroda, Elias, Alyssa M. Krueger, Priya Bansal, et al. 2020. “A Randomized Controlled Trial of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation and Cognitive Training in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.” Brain Stimulation 13 (4): 1059–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brs.2020.04.015.
• Biagianti, Bruno, Melissa Fisher, Rachel Loewy, et al. 2020. “Specificity and Durability of Changes in Auditory Processing Efficiency after Targeted Cognitive Training in Individuals with Recent-Onset Psychosis.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00857.
• Van Vleet, Thomas, Alit Stark, Michael M. Merzenich, et al. 2019. “Biases in Processing of Mood-Congruent Facial Expressions in Depression.” Psychiatry Research 275: 143–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.076.
• Biagianti, Bruno, Melissa Fisher, Benjamin Brandrett, et al. 2019. “Development and Testing of a Web-Based Battery to Remotely Assess Cognitive Health in Individuals with Schizophrenia.” Schizophrenia Research, ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.01.047.
• Sani, Omid G., Yuxiao Yang, Morgan B. Lee, Heather E. Dawes, Edward F. Chang, and Maryam M. Shanechi. 2018. “Mood Variations Decoded from Multi-Site Intracranial Human Brain Activity.” Nature Biotechnology 36 (10): 954–61. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4200.
• Rao, Vikram R., Kristin K. Sellers, Deanna L. Wallace, et al. 2018. “Direct Electrical Stimulation of Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex Acutely Improves Mood in Individuals with Symptoms of Depression.” Current Biology 28 (24): 3893-3902.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.10.026.
• Kirkby, Lowry A., Francisco J. Luongo, Morgan B. Lee, et al. 2018. “An Amygdala-Hippocampus Subnetwork That Encodes Variation in Human Mood.” Cell 175 (6): 1688-1700.e14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.005.
• Nahum, Mor, Thomas M. Van Vleet, Vikaas S. Sohal, et al. 2017. “Immediate Mood Scaler: Tracking Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety Using a Novel Mobile Mood Scale.” JMIR mHealth and uHealth 5 (4): e6544. https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.6544.