Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics, or ANAM, is a library of computer-based assessments of cognitive domains including attention, concentration, reaction time, memory, processing speed, and decision-making. ANAM has been administered over a million times in a variety of applications and settings. ANAM provides clinicians and researchers with data to evaluate an individual’s neurocognitive status at a point-in-time and changes in cognitive status over time. Initially developed, tested and implemented in the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Technology Transfer program exclusively licensed the technology to Vista LifeSciences (www.vistalifesciences.com). ANAM’s current software version, Version 4, has built upon information from research and development from previous versions of ANAM developed by the Department of Defense, and has been further refined into a reliable, repeatable tool that includes:
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ANAM4 includes 22 assessment tests and tools that are highly sensitive to cognitive change in:
ANAM assessment batteries have been used in research and clinical use associated with injury (e.g., trauma, blast) illness (e.g., degenerative disease), exposure (e.g., toxin), risk factors (e.g., heat/cold, sleep loss, fatigue), and intervention (e.g., medication, rehabilitation).
ANAM assessment tests and tools include:
Currently, ANAM assessments are being used by researchers and clinicians for cognitive research, assessment, and management in a broad range of military, athlete fitness, clinical, and drug research applications. Assessments can be built into standardized or customized batteries. Scientists working in varied fields of healthcare and human factors research have identified ANAM4 batteries most useful in their topic-specific research. [1]
ANAM is in more than 300 peer-reviewed independent research studies, and has been used by some of the world’s most prestigious research institutions such as NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). ANAM has a long and continuous history of research in the Department of Defense, including sports concussion studies at West Point and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) assessment during Ft. Bragg Paratrooper training. Through these and other programs, nearly one million ANAM assessments have been collected. ANAM has the most comprehensive military research and clinical application of any cognitive assessment technology.
The Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, published a special edition of its journal focused exclusively on ANAM in 2007.[2]