Hello everyone,
I hope you all enjoyed your holiday and are starting the new year with inspiring ideas on how science and data can make a difference.
Even during the holidays, we stayed busy to bring you the final update of 2024 on its very last day. How cool is that?
This release is packed with a new feature, an improvement, and some bug fixes that we hope you’ll find valuable. Let’s unwrap our small New Year’s present to you together:
New Features
Working Memory Updating
We introduced the Working Memory Updating (WMU) cognitive task that tests participants’ ability to update numbers in their working memory through sequential arithmetic operations. Find out more on our Learn website.
Improvements
Clearer error message for researcher addition
We’ve improved the error message displayed when a researcher tries to add a participant account to a study’s researchers list. Instead of stating that the user is not registered in Avicenna, it now accurately informs users that the email address is already registered as a participant, reducing confusion.
Bug Fixes
Crash on full-screen text input
We resolved an issue in the participant Android app where attempting to enter answers for Text questions in surveys could cause the app to crash in rare cases when the input switched to full-screen mode. This was due to memory management issues, which have now been addressed.
Data loss with SIMH-tape-data files
We’ve fixed data-loss issues from over 10 Android devices of specific vendors sending files as SIMH-tape-data MIME type. These files (used for sensor data and logs) weren’t initially whitelisted on our webserver.
Thank you for your continued feedback and support which helps us make Avicenna Research better with each release. We hope you find these updates useful. As always, we welcome your feedback and encourage you to reach out with any comments or questions on our Community Forum or contact us directly via Email. Stay tuned for more updates coming your way!