September 2021

New in the psimistri team:

Beatrice Beck: has been responsible for test development since June 2021. She has been working for the Department of Differential Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics at the University of Vienna since 2016 (as a study assistant, e-tutor, e-multiplier).Daria Grigoryeva: has been part of our team since July 2021 and is mainly involved in test development and translation of individual test procedures. She completed her Master’s degree in “Psychology” with a focus on “Mind and Brain” at the University of Vienna in 2018 and is currently working as a research assistant at the Medical University of Vienna. In October 2021 Daria started her clinical psychology training.

Awards:

Anja Hochrathner won the 2021 Wilhelm Strubreither Prize at the Society for Neuropsychology(www.gnpoe.at) with her master’s thesis on INCP(Anja Hochrathner: The International Neurocognitive Test Profile (INCP): A tablet-based neurocognitive assessment battery – Assessing potential education effects within a pilot study). Congratulations to her!

Science:

We are pleased that our olfactory questionnaire “Assessment of Subjective Olfactory Functions (ASOF)” was used in a study by Duke University (USA) to assess olfactory abilities in patients who underwent endonasal endoscopic skull base surgery (EESBS) of hard-to-reach lesions of the skull base due to sellar lesions(Milap D. Raikundalia: Olfactory-Specific Quality of Life Outcomes after Endoscopic Endonasal Surgery of the Sella. Allergy & Rhinology Volume 12: 1-7 (2021) DOI: 10.1177/21526567211045041). Collaborations: Starting next year, psimistri will enter into a collaboration with the start-up HILDA, which is working on technical solutions to prevent dementia . https://hilda.pro/

Active Cognitive Ageing Initiative (ACA-I):

The Active Cognitive Ageing Initiative (ACA-I) is an initiative for the early detection and prevention of dementia. If you would like to become part of our Active Cognitive Ageing Initiative (ACA-I), please contact office@psimistri.com.

Customer Service:

For all professional and technical questions, please contact support@psimistri.com. If you need help with the installation of psimistri-Digital, you will find instructions here: https://digital.psimistri.com/de/manual/ios-beta Kindregards, your psimistri team