FLUX smartphone ambulatory assessment application¶
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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 associational),q3· 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study
Description¶
A dedicated smartphone application developed by the Technology Based Assessment Group at DIPF for the FLUX project to administer working-memory, sleep, and tiredness assessments to elementary-school children in daily-life settings.
Components¶
- FLUX smartphone ambulatory assessment application for children's daily sleep and working memory measurement: A dedicated smartphone application developed by the Technology Based Assessment Group at the DIPF for the FLUX project ('Assessment of Cognitive Performance FLUctuations in the School ConteXt'). It was the only available function of the distributed Dell Streak 5 phones, with internet, calls, games, and the regular system menu blocked, and delivered numerical and spatial working memory updating tasks plus sleep and tiredness items at three fixed daily occasions in school and at home for 31 consecutive days. (Könen et al. (2015))
Claims¶
- Elementary school children show substantial day-to-day within-person fluctuations in sleep quality, time in bed, daytime tiredness, and working memory performance [+W]
- Current daytime tiredness predicts children's afternoon working memory performance fluctuations [+W]
- Previous night's sleep quality and time in bed predict children's morning working memory performance fluctuations [+W]
Related Products and Programmes¶
Key Sources¶
- Könen, T., Dirk, J., & Schmiedek, F. (2015). Cognitive benefits of last night's sleep: daily variations in children's sleep behavior are related to working memory fluctuations. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 56(2), 171–182. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12296
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FLUX smartphone ambulatory assessment application |
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A dedicated smartphone application developed by the Technology Based Assessment Group at DIPF for the FLUX project to administer working-memory, sleep, and tiredness assessments to elementary-school children in daily-life settings. |
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