Repeated measurement of the components of attention using two versions of the Attention Network Test (ANT): Stability, isolability, robustness, and reliability

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-128

  Ishigami, Yoko ^a   Klein, Raymond M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alerting attention; ANT; Executive attention; Neuropsychological tests; Orienting attention; Repeated testing; Reproducibility of results; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION NETWORK TEST; ATTENTION NETWORK TEST I; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDITY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REACTION TIME; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953717154     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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