TENI: A comprehensive battery for cognitive assessment based on games and technology
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TENI (Test de Evaluación Neuropsicológica Infantil) is an instrument developed to assess cognitive abilities in children between 3 and 9 years of age. It is based on a model that incorporates games and technology as tools to improve the assessment of children's capacities. The test was standardized with two Chilean samples of 524 and 82 children living in urban zones. Evidence of reliability and validity based on current standards is presented. Data show good levels of reliability for all subtests. Some evidence of validity in terms of content, test structure, and association with other variables is presented. This instrument represents a novel approach and a new frontier in cognitive assessment. Further studies with clinical, rural, and cross-cultural populations are required.
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Five other games were aimed at young children and reframed the cognitive assessment as a game to test the children under optimal mental conditions.
“Five other games were aimed at young children, and reframed the cognitive assessment as a game, to test the children under optimal mental conditions [41].”
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“Testing TENI TENI: A comprehensive battery for cognitive assessment based on games and technology Tenorio Delgado, Arango Uribe, Aparicio Alonso, and Rosas Diaz, 2014 [41]”
BackgroundMethod
- Authors
- Tenorio Delgado, M., Arango Uribe, P., Aparicio Alonso, A., & Rosas Díaz, R.
- Venue
- Child Neuropsychology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-11-14
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 276-291
- ISSN
- 0929-7049 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-4136
- OpenAlex
- W1994777485
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 3.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Child Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (1110975, D09I1238, 3031612)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
- Keywords
- cognitive assessment, children, games, educational technology, neuropsychological assessment instruments, test standardization, reliability statistics, validity, content validity, test structures, Chilean children
- MeSH terms
- Child, Child, Preschool, Chile, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, Disability Evaluation, Humans, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychometrics, Sensitivity and Specificity, Urban Population, Reproducibility of Results, Video Games
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