attention switching task
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A paradigm requiring subjects to switch between performing multiple different individual tasks. AST is a test of the participantâs ability to switch attention between the direction or location of an arrow on screen. This test is a sensitive measure of frontal lobe and âexecutiveâ dysfunction. The test begins with an arrow in the centre of the screen which points either to the left or to the right. The participant is introduced to two buttons, one on the left and one on the right, and is asked to press a button corresponding to the direction in which the arrow is pointing.
After this initial training, the participant is then told that the arrow might appear on the left or the right side of the screen, and depending on the cue given at the top of the screen, the participant must either press the left or right button to indicate on which side of the screen the arrow is displayed, or else press the left or right button to correspond with the direction in which the arrow is pointing.
Definition contributed by Anonymous
After this initial training, the participant is then told that the arrow might appear on the left or the right side of the screen, and depending on the cue given at the top of the screen, the participant must either press the left or right button to indicate on which side of the screen the arrow is displayed, or else press the left or right button to correspond with the direction in which the arrow is pointing.
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(AST), switching taskDefinition contributed by Anonymous
attention switching task has been asserted to measure the following CONCEPTS
Phenotypes associated with attention switching task
Disorders
No associations have been added.Traits
No associations have been added.Behaviors
No associations have been added. CONDITIONS
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CONTRASTS
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INDICATORS
response time
congruency cost
switch cost
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