J Korean Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry.  2016 Jun;27(2):130-138. 10.5765/jkacap.2016.27.2.130.

The Development and Validation of Memory Tasks Using Smart Devices for School Aged Children

• Shin MS
• Lee J
• Eo Y
• Oh S
• Lee J
• Kim I
• Hong C

• KMID: 2328225
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5765/jkacap.2016.27.2.130

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study was to develop auditory-verbal and visual-spatial memory tasks using smart devices for children aged 8 to 10 years and examine their validity.
METHODS
One-hundred and fourteen school-aged children were recruited through internet advertising. We developed memory tasks assessing auditory-verbal memory, visual-spatial memory, and working memory, and then examined their construct validity by examining the developmental trend of the children's mean scores with age. In order to examine the concurrent validity of the tasks, we conducted correlation analyses between the children's scores on the newly developed auditory-verbal, visual-spatial memory and working memory tasks and their scores on well-known standardized tests of memory and working memory, including the auditory-verbal memory subtests of the Korean Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery for Children, Korean Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test, digit span and arithmetic subtest of Korean Educational Development Institute Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Revised, and Corsi block test.
RESULTS
The memory and working memory scores measured by the newly developed tasks tended to increase with age. Further, there were significant correlations between the scores of the four cognitive tasks and the corresponding scores of the standardized assessment tools.
CONCLUSION
This study revealed promising evidence for the validity of the memory tasks using smart devices, suggesting their utility for school-aged children in research and clinical settings.

Keyword

Computerized Cognitive Task; Auditory-Verbal Memory; Visual-Spatial Memory; Auditory-Verbal Working Memory; Visual-Spatial Working Memory

MeSH Terms

Child*
Humans
Intelligence
Internet
Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery
Memory*
Memory, Short-Term