B4728 - Collection of new and ongoing G0 cognition data - 12/12/2024

B number: 
B4728
Principal applicant name: 
Neil Goulding | Centre for Academic Child Health, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
Co-applicants: 
Professor Jean Golding, Mrs Yasmin Iles-Caven, Professor Kate Northstone
Title of project: 
Collection of new and ongoing G0 cognition data
Proposal summary: 

This project is to set up a bespoke platform to collect new and ongoing cognitive data for the ALSPAC G0 mothers and partners. The FLAME array of cognition tests (https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12098) have been developed by the University of Exeter and are all well-established tests that show excellent sensitivity to cognitive change and trajectory. They have been in use in the PROTECT study (https://www.protectstudy.org.uk) for ten years. It consists of 8 tests which capture working memory (spatial/numerical), episodic memory, attention, reaction time/processing speed and executive function. The University of Exeter would deliver a bespoke online cognitive test system to ALSPAC, which would include ALSPAC's branding. ALSPAC would then send a unique URL to ALSPAC participants to access the tests, which can be performed using mobile phones or touchscreen devices. The complete set of tests would take ALSPAC participants 30-40 minutes to complete and would be completed annually. The data collected will be used in a wide variety of studies, focussed on aging in the parent cohort and used as baseline for future funding proposals.

Impact of research: 
To obtain gold standard cognitive data for researchers to study cognitive decline
Date proposal received: 
Friday, 25 October, 2024
Date proposal approved: 
Sunday, 27 October, 2024
Keywords: 
Mental health - Psychology, Psychiatry, Cognition, Cognitive impairment, Collection of cognitive data, Cognition - cognitive function