Publications by authors named "Ayah Rabah"
Article Synopsis
- - A pilot study investigated if tablet-based tests of manual dexterity could help detect first-episode psychosis (FEP) and if there were changes in cortical excitability among these patients compared to other groups.
- - The study included 20 patients each from the FEP, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, and healthy control groups, utilizing various tablet tasks to evaluate motor and cognitive functions, while also comparing results to clinical neurological assessments.
- - Results showed that FEP patients had slower reaction times and higher error rates in dexterity tasks, with specific patterns in performance being more effective at identifying FEP than clinical assessments; additionally, FEP patients exhibited reduced cortical inhibition.
Background: We developed five tablet-based tasks (applications) to measure multiple components of manual dexterity.
Aim: to test reliability and validity of tablet-based dexterity measures in healthy participants.
Methods: Tasks included: (1) Finger recognition to assess mental rotation capacity.