Relevance of the assessment mode in the digital assessment of processing speed.

: Many medical facilities and research institutes start using digital assessment methods to assess cognitive abilities, such as processing speed, instead of the traditional pen and paper versions. Even though many of the new digital assessment methods have shown to have a stable internal validity, the comparability of results across assessment modes is unclear. The study investigated whether results for assessing processing speed via (i) the traditional pen and paper version, (ii) a tablet and pen version, and (iii) a tablet and finger version are comparable.