Technology‐natives and technology‐adopters: Age differences in remote cognitive assessment in Alzheimer disease
Samhita Katteri, Hannah Wilks, Matthew Welhaf, Andrew J. Aschenbrenner, Colleen C. Frank, Clara Vila‐Castelar, Sarah Stout, Martin J. Sliwinski, Tammie LS Benzinger, Ma. Florencia Clarens, Carlos Cruchaga, Alisha Daniels, Gregory S Day, Emma Devenney, Brian A. Gordon, Edward D. Huey, Takeshi Ikeuchi · 2026
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Samhita Katteri and a large team of co-authors present a 2026 study on whether age shapes how people handle smartphone-based tests for Alzheimer's research. Early Alzheimer's changes are subtle, and frequent phone testing may catch what clinic visits miss. Participants were over four hundred older adults, plus about one hundred younger and middle-aged adults from an inherited-Alzheimer network. They took phone tests up to four times a day for a week, plus a clinic battery.
Older adults stuck with it better, completing about seventy-eight percent against fifty-nine percent for the young. Younger adults reached reliable scores with fewer sessions and showed smaller practice gains. Phone scores correlated strongly with clinic scores in both groups. The authors say generational habits with technology must shape how such remote studies are designed and read. One size will not fit all ages.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Samhita Katteri, Hannah Wilks, Matthew Welhaf, Andrew J. Aschenbrenner, Colleen C. Frank, Clara Vila‐Castelar, Sarah Stout, Martin J. Sliwinski, Tammie LS Benzinger, Ma. Florencia Clarens, Carlos Cruchaga, Alisha Daniels, Gregory S Day, Emma Devenney, Brian A. Gordon, Edward D. Huey, Takeshi Ikeuchi |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |