Week 11: The Finale

We finished the final round of cognitive testing during this week’s sessions. Since we only had time for the cognitive tests, no art activities were administered this week.

In the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the participants were suppose to match the cards by number (1, 2, 3, 4), color (red, green, blue, yellow) or shape (circle, star, square, crosses). For each participant, I randomly selected three of each type (nine cards in total) for them to group. The following data was collected:

From data in the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, we can concluded that there wasn’t a drastic change in the participant’s performance in the first and second round of testing. This may be due to the limited number of trials that I was able to perform and the difficulty of the test. The fact that almost half of the participants already got 3s in the first round of testing may indicate that the test was not on par with the level of difficulty the participants can handle. However, statistical tests will be conducted to determine the statistical significance of the data. Please look forward to the statistical analysis and results in my senior project presentation.

The line-tracing test was conducted today, so data has not yet been collected. However, the way that I am going to record the participant’s performance is by adding up the number of errors, or when the line drawn by the participant deviates over 1 cm from the dashed line.

In addition to cognitive testing, I’ve also been filming a short video about the biological mechanisms behind Alzheimer’s Disease. The video is still in the process of filming, and is projected for be completed by this Saturday. Here is a picture of all the materials that will be used in the video.

I had a lot of fun this week wrapping up my senior project at the Alzheimer’s Activity Center and filming the video that will educate others about the disease. Although publishing weekly blogs were sometimes stressful, I appreciate this platform for allowing me to share my research with you all. Thank you for all the helpful suggestions and interesting questions. Hope you enjoyed this journey has much as I did!