Measuring Cognitive Potential in People while Performing Tasks with Varying Complexity

Abstract

The purpose of the presented study is to assess the cognitive potential of a person based on the experimental data obtained in order to identify the cognitive capabilities of a person and its dynamics, e.g., to monitor recovery after a disease. To assess cognitive potential, two algorithms have been developed, one for assessing the level of cognitive complexity of a task, and the other for assessing the level of cognitive potential in a person. A complex of experimental methods has been applied using specially developed authorial methods; to assess the cognitive potential in an individual, mathematical methods for data processing and calculation of the introduced specific parameters were used. Specific methods are proposed using author's mathematical formulas for assessing the cognitive potential of a person based on experimental data and tasks of varying cognitive complexity as stimuli. Within the framework of this study, the methodology for assessing the value of cognitive potential in people based on the information representations (images) theory was created. To assess cognitive skills, including the so-called soft skills, a special online solution with the set of tools has been developed. The obtained parameters allow us to study the effect of social, genetic, and pathogenetic factors on cognitive potential. A theoretical approach and a technological platform for digital mapping of cognitive potential are proposed.