Remote Neuropsychological Assessment: Does Mode of Administration Matter?
Neuropsychology relies heavily on standardization of administration to increase the validity, reliability, sensitivity, and specificity of an assessment instrument. The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly increased the need to be able to provide neuropsychological assessments remotely. Teleneuropsychology can be conducted through various avenues, including telephone, computerized, and televideo modalities. Given neuropsychology's reliance on standardization for proper use of normative data that accompanies individual assessments, the question arises how mode of administration impacts the validity, reliability, sensitivity, and specificity of an assessment instrument. The literature review summarizes the research conducted regarding the validity, reliability, sensitivity, and specificity of telephone neuropsychological assessments, computerized neuropsychological assessments, and televideo neuropsychological assessments. Additionally, the literature review aims to provide guidelines for best practice for each mode of administration for practicing neuropsychologists.
Teleneuropsychology, computerized cognitive assessments, telephone cognitive assessments, remote neuropsychology, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Geropsychology
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