Digital timekeeping

Digital timekeeping has been studied in 1 paper since 2026: 1 observational study in people; 1 in the past year. The newest story, Nov 3, 2026: “Digital-style clock drawings may complicate cognitive testing”.

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1 paper studies it2 findingsUpdated Nov 1, 2026

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“As participants' age increased, the more frequent the use of digital devices for time-checking, the poorer the CDT performance”

Digital-like contamination in the Clock Drawing Test: Norms across six scoring systemsJournal of the neurological sciences2026doi:10.1016/j.jns.2026.126239

None of its findings points the other way.

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Humans1

What is Digital timekeeping linked with?

Studies link Digital timekeeping with 2 measures, most often digital-like clock drawing patterns (1 study) and clock Drawing Test performance (1).

Digital-like clock drawing patterns

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1 study

Digital timekeeping is associated with digital-like clock drawing patterns in humans (OR = 1.053, 95% CI [1.017, 1.091]).
“the greater the likelihood of producing DL patterns (b = 0.052, 95% CI [0.017, 0.087], OR = 1.053, 95% CI [1.017, 1.091])”
HumansAssociation with digital timekeeping as participants' age increased; cognitively healthy adultsn = 560
Digital-style clock drawings may complicate cognitive testing
Journal of the neurological sciencesNov 1, 2026

Clock Drawing Test performance

downin humans1

1 study

Digital timekeeping is associated with clock Drawing Test performance in humans (b = −0.051, 95% CI [−0.086, −0.017]).
“As participants' age increased, the more frequent the use of digital devices for time-checking, the poorer the CDT performance”
HumansAssociation with digital timekeeping as participants' age increased; cognitively healthy adultsn = 560
Digital-style clock drawings may complicate cognitive testing
Journal of the neurological sciencesNov 1, 2026

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Journal of the Neurological SciencesNov 3

Digital-style clock drawings may complicate cognitive testing

Digital-style patterns appeared in 45 of 560 cognitively healthy adults, prompting updated reference scores for interpreting the Clock Drawing Test.Digital-style patterns appeared in 45 of 560 cognitively healthy adults, prompting updated reference scores for interpreting the Clock Drawing Test.

Cross-sectional · 560 peopleBiomarkers

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Digital timekeeping

What is Digital timekeeping linked with?

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Digital-style clock drawings may complicate cognitive testing

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