Our Mission

We are a non-profit dedicated to accelerating research on the mind and brain by developing research tools that directly address the needs of patients and participants.

What we do

We develop state-of-the art, digital, open science tools to: (1) assess cognition and brain health and (2) deliver results directly to participants.

Open SCIENCE

We develop open science tools, data, and software that anyone can use to understand brain health, regardless of their personal or institutional resources. These include software for administering cognitive tests and normative samples for interpreting test scores.

Participant Engagement

We drive engagement by delivering results directly back to patients, students, and research participants through the citizen science research platform, TestMyBrain.org. More than 3.7 million volunteers have been tested through TestMyBrain.org.

Custom Research Platforms

We work with researchers, educators, and organizations to create custom platforms and testing tools that can be used in large-scale projects and research studies that align with our mission. Our software powers cognitive data collection at over 2,200 sites worldwide.

Our cognitive test development is driven by a steady stream of volunteers and citizen scientists to the research platform, TestMyBrain.org (about 1,000 new participants per day). This citizen science engine lets us develop cognitive tests with some useful characteristics.

All of our tests are:

• Normed and validated based on large, diverse samples (N = 5,000 to 100,000 per test).

• Optimized for assessment with unsupervised, remotely-tested participants.

• Vetted by the volunteers themselves for engagement, clarity, and personal relevance.

• Broadly compatible across devices and platforms, including smartphones and tablets.

The TestMyBrain.org platform has generated some of the largest samples in cognition and perception research, with 3.7 million people tested since 2008.