Cognitive Health Assessment

About Creyos

Creyos (formerly Cambridge Brain Sciences) is a leading provider of web-based brain health assessment software for healthcare practitioners (Creyos Health) and researchers (Creyos Research). Our proprietary assessments of brain function and brain health have been developed over the past 25 years, taken over 8 million times and used in over 300 studies published in leading peerreviewed academic journals. As a result, we maintain and possess one of the world’s largest normative databases of cognitive function. Our tasks are highly engaging, require no expert technical support to administer and are based on the pioneering work of our Chief Scientific Officer, renowned neuroscientist, Dr. Adrian Owen (owenlab.org).

What is Creyos Health?

Creyos Health is an online brain health assessment service that accurately measures core elements of your cognitive function, including memory, attention, reasoning, and verbal abilities. Your healthcare practitioner will use these measures to assess, monitor and manage core areas of cognition that are key to your health and wellness.

  • Convenient: Creyos Health is web-based and flexible. Assessments can be completed on desktop, laptop and tablet devices, no pen and paper or special hardware required

  • Engaging: Creyos Health tasks take only 1.5 - 3 minutes to complete, and are highly engaging, enjoyable and unintimidating. Plus, interactive and repeatable task tutorials will ensure you get up to speed on the task instructions quickly

  • Actionable: Creyos Health allows you to quantify the core elements of cognition and track your cognitive trends over time, validating that treatment or wellness plans are having the desired effects, or allowing you to detect episodic changes to your cognition

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How it works?

  • Your healthcare practitioner will send you a link via email, or schedule an in-person appointment to administer the cognitive assessment

  • Before you begin, you’ll be prompted to review instructions and details regarding steps for taking your cognitive assessment, as well as how long the assessment will take.

  • Upon reviewing the instructions, you’ll move on to the interactive tutorial for the first task. You may repeat this tutorial multiple times to ensure you're comfortable with the task instructions.

  • Once you’ve completed the tutorial, you’ll be asked to complete the task. Once the assessment is complete, a report will be generated and sent to your practitioner for review.

Detailed Overview of the Tasks

Memory

Reasoning

Attention

Verbal Ability

Frequently Asked Questions

I feel like I did not do well on my assessment - should I be concerned?

You should not be concerned if you feel you did not do your best – there is no such thing as “best” for this type of assessment. The tasks are designed to be challenging and to assess your limits by getting increasingly difficult as you answer questions correctly. Please be aware that this is only a snapshot of your cognition at the moment you are completing the assessment and that cognitive performance tends to fluctuate naturally from day to day depending on many factors (like your sleep quality, stress level, nutrition, exercise regiments, etc.).

I could not complete my assessment due to an interruption or technical issue - what should I do?

If you’re interrupted or experience a technical issue during the assessment, contact your healthcare practitioner and describe the situation, as well as the task you were on, so that results for that specific task can be interpreted appropriately. If you experience a technical issue that prevents you from accessing the assessment, let your practitioner know the operating system and browser you are using.

How long does the assessment take?

Assessments can vary in length depending on the number of tasks your practitioner has chosen. A four-task assessment will take roughly 15 minutes, while a full 12-task assessment may take approximately 40 minutes. You can view the approximate length of the assessment on the first page of your assessment.

How will my practitioner use the results?

Creyos Health is used in a variety of different ways, ranging from annual monitoring of your cognition to evaluating recovery from injury to validating treatment plans or interventions designed to improve your brain health. We encourage you to speak with your healthcare practitioner to learn more.

Are the Creyos Health tasks valid and reliable?

Creyos Health has psychometric properties that meet or exceed the standards set by the traditional scales and tools that mental health providers are used to. Creyos Health technology has been validated by hundreds of peer-reviewed publications and widely used by psychologists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, and mental health providers to assist with diagnosis and improve management of psychiatric disorders.

What does Creyos test for?

Creyos diagnostically assists your mental health provider with the following disorders:

  • ADHD
  • Mood disorders
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Substance use disorders
  • Trauma disorders and
  • Cognitive impairment.
How much does it cost?

Good news, most commercial insurance companies cover the cost of testing and interpretation. Your copay will be collected at time of testing and an insurance claim will be sent for the rest.

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