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Daily exposure to digital displays may affect the clock-drawing test: from psychometrics to serendipity.

Ciro Rosario IlardiElisabetta GarofaloSergio ChieffiNadia GambozMarco La MarraAlessandro Iavarone
Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2020)
CDT is not affected by sociodemographic variables. The finding of some clocks with digitally represented numbers suggests the need to align neuropsychological assessments with demands from an increasing digitalized environment. Moreover, the occurrence of high false-positives and possible digital contaminations suggest great caution in interpreting the clinical significance of CDT.
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