Description of BrainTagger
BrainTagger addresses the problem of limited cognitive assessments for older adults through fun and engaging games and activities.
It allows healthcare institutions and caregivers to effectively monitor, at low cost, cognitive decline caused by disease, lack of activation, etc. BrainTagger can be used as a screening tool for detecting abnormal declines in cognitive status such as delirium onset (see Tong et al., 2016 and Lee et al. 2019 for reports on validation trials conducted with emergency room patients at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and other Canadian Hospitals).
Our $6 monthly subscription allows for monitoring the data collected by the BrainTagger product.
Our current version of BrainTagger includes the following components:
- A suite of Target Acquisition Games for Measurement and Evaluation (TAG-ME games) measures a wide range of cognitive functions (see Table 1)
- A purpose-built button box with six easy-to-use input buttons lets people easily select action options in the games regardless of how much physical dexterity they have
- A dashboard website for monitoring and tracking cognitive abilities based on the performance of the users on the target acquisition games
- Cross Platform implementation. BrainTagger games can be played on tablets, laptops and desktop computers. Inputs can be made on keyboards and devices, or button boxes can be used to reduce the impact of specific device and input characteristics on game performance.
Table 1 below contains the list of current BrainTagger Games and the cognitive functions that they assess.
Table 1 - Current BrainTagger Games and Cognitive Functions
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TAG-ME Games |
Cognitive Functions |
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TAG-ME Quick |
Cognitive Speed |
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TAG-ME Only |
Response Inhibition |
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TAG-ME Again |
Working Memory |
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TAG-ME Switch |
Cognitive Flexibility |
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TAG-ME Where |
Spatial Attention |
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TAG-ME Same |
Visual Memory |
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TAG-ME Bigger |
Processing Inhibition |