About CTRLab
The Cognitive Technology Research Laboratory (CTRLab) in the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis focuses on projects investigating the impacts of normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) on cognition. Lead by Jason Hassenstab, PhD, we use measurement burst designs, based on principles from ecological momentary assessment, to measure cognition rapidly and frequently on smartphones in normal and clinical populations. We also develop web-based cognitive assessments designed to increase the sensitivity of cognitive measures to the very earliest stages of AD.
Ctrl Lab Projects
Web-based Testing
In addition to our ARC smartphone testing, we have also built a number of web-based…
Smartphone Latency Testing
The CtrLab wanted to determine whether research participants can use their own phone or need…
ARC Smartphone App
What is ARC? ARC stands for Ambulatory Research in Cognition which is a smartphone app…
Ctrl Lab Funders
“Since 1985, the Alzheimer’s Disease Research (ADR) program has awarded nearly $130 million to support promising research in fields ranging from molecular biology to genetics to epidemiology. ADR is currently supporting 113 outstanding biomedical researcher projects.” – BrightFocus Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program
“NIA is the primary Federal agency supporting and conducting Alzheimer’s disease research. The Institute also supports much work on cognitive health and related dementias.” – National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Research