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Hi Ganesh,
Yes, I would highly recommend some sort of standardized neuropsych testing for the experiment you describe. In the elderly population, cognitive factors may indeed come into play, and it would be nice for you to have some idea of how your participants perform on a standardized measure. Other than the Stroop, you might consider the Comprehensive Trail Making Test (CTMT) (more info at http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=2041). It consists of five different "trails" which assess characteristics such as attention, distractability, "set-shifting" or the switching of attention between different sets of parameters aka cognitive flexibility, and visual search, sequencing, and recognition speed. It has been normed on a realtively large population and requires about 10 minutes to run the whole thing. The only caution is that normative values are only available up to the age of 75, so if you are testing older participants, this may not be for you. However, I believe earlier versions of the trail making test do extend to higher age groups, so those might be worth checking out too. Good luck with your project!
Melissa Papesh Postdoctoral Fellow, Polytrauma and TBI Rehabilitation National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research VA Portland Healthcare System Portland, OR 97239
From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Ganesh A c [gani0017@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 2:42 PM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Test to measure selective attention and switching attention 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 |