Latent structure of the Test of Everyday Attention in a non-clinical Chinese sample.

Full Abstract

The validity and clinical viability of Posner and Petersen's (1999) 3-factor model of attention was tested through a confirmatory factor analysis of attentional performance (Test of Everyday Attention [Robertson, I. H., Ward, T., Ridgeway, V., & Nimmo-Smith, I. (1996). The structure of normal human attention:
The Test of Everyday Attention. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2, 525-534]) in a sample of 133 Chinese participants. This study served both as a cross-cultural replication of the clinical implementation of this leading theoretical model of attention, and as a more stringent test of the validity of the hypothesized attentional processes underlying human cognitive control. The results support the validity of a 3-factor model of attention consistent with that proposed by Posner and Petersen (selective attention, sustained attention, and attentional switching/control), and demonstrate that clinical assessment of neuroanatomically-distinct attentional processes using simulated real life activities is possible.

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Author information

Author/s: Chan, Raymond C K (RC); Lai, M K (MK); Robertson, Ian H (IH);

Affiliation: Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. rckchan2003(-atsign-)yahoo.com.hk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists (Arch Clin Neuropsychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Aug; vol 21 (issue 5) : pp 477-85

Dates: Created 2006/08/28; Completed 2006/10/24; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16876382, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Activities of Daily Living
Adolescent
Adult
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - ethnology
Attention - physiology
Female
Humans

Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Models, Statistical
Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data
Reaction Time - physiology
Reproducibility of Results

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