The Fine Motor Skills and Cognition Test Batteries: Normative Data and Interdependencies

Beard, Bettina L ; Ahumada, Albert J, Jr ; Holden, Kritina L

关键词: SENSORIMOTOR PERFORMANCE;    COGNITION;    HUMAN PERFORMANCE;    PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;    NORMS;    STATISTICAL CORRELATION;    DEPENDENCE;    BIOASTRONAUTICS;    ABILITIES;    MENTAL PERFORMANCE;    SAFETY;   

RP-ID  :  ARC-E-DAA-TN68057

学科分类：心理学（综合）

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

Fine motor skills and cognitive abilities are major contributors to crew performance on essentially all extravehicular and intra-vehicular activities during spaceflight. It is critical for the crew’s safety, and for mission productivity, to know if, and when, motor skills or cognitive abilities are compromised so that countermeasures may be introduced. NASA has developed two test batteries to measure and monitor astronaut cognitive and fine motor skills. The Cognition Test Battery contains 10 sub-tests that assess cognitive behaviors ranging from low level visual perception to high level decision-making. The Fine Motor Skills Test Battery contains 4 sub-tests that assess finger dexterity, manual dexterity and wrist-finger speed. This study sought to determine acceptable norms for both batteries in an astronaut-like population and to identify the extent to which fine motor skills contribute to cognitive test scores.