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Re: Test to measure selective attention and switching attention



Dear Ganesh and list,

(First apologies if you received this more than once; I didn't receive the normal confirmation message from the list...)

If you are looking for a full suite of standardised neuropsychological (sometimes called “neurocognitive”) tests, there a number of different ones available for PC, tablet, and in pen-and-paper form. Among the most popular are the WASI-IV, the Cantab, and the Test of Everyday Attention. Those are well established batteries with normative data available for comparison. However, they are also quite expensive.

For the past year, I’ve been working on my own neuropsychological battery, currently named “Charlie.” Currently there are ~20 tests, measuring numerous facets of cognition, including:

verbal working memory (digit span, CVLT-II)
verbal fluency (FAS test)
attention (Stroop test, task-switching test, IPCPTS)
spatial working memory (SCAP, Corsi spatial span, updating SWM test) 
visual search (trail-making test)
emotion recognition (Penn ER40)
face recognition (Penn facial memory)
processing speed (digit-symbol coding)
reasoning and executive function (matrix reasoning, PCET)

Charlie is written in python, and is therefore free and open-source (so you can tailor it to your individual needs) and cross-platform (currently it works well on PC, mac, and even on a Raspberry Pi). The software is still in “alpha", meaning some of the tests are not finished and there are a few missing features, so its not ready for full release. Whilst there are no normative data yet, most of the tests are identical to ones that are widely used in the literature, so can be compared directly to previously published data sets. If anyone is interested in using one or more of the tests, please email me directly.

-- 
Dr. Samuel R. Mathias
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine /
Olin Neuropsychiatric Research Center, Institute of Living
Whitehall Building
200 Retreat Ave, Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: (860) 778-3699

On 26 January 2015 at 14:42, Ganesh A c <gani0017@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear all,
I will be conducting experiments on audio visual perception in elderly population. It will be mainly to assess role of (audio & visual) attention on audio visual perception. Can anybody tell me whether is it necessary to administer cognitive tests or Neurophysiological tests (e.g. stroop test) ? 
If it is necessary please inform which are the best tests to assess selective and switching attention
Thank you



Ganesh.A.C
PhD Student,
Speech & Cognition department, GIPSA Lab
University of Grenoble