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Author: G. Schuhfried
Cognitrone

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Field of Application+

NEURO
TRAFFIC
SPORT
HR
Detailed Description+

Assesses the concentration performance.
These abilities have a major influence on an individual’s performance in both everyday and challenging activities. Because of its significant practical relevance, this test is used in clinical neuropsychology, safety assessments and investigations in the fields of traffic psychology and sports psychology.

Test forms+

S1: Standard form with a flexible working time
S2: Parallel form A with a flexible working time
S3: Parallel form B with a flexible working time
S4: Standard form with fixed presentation time per item
S5: Parallel form with fixed presentation time per item
S8: Standard form with fixed time limit
S9: Parallel form with fixed time limit
S11: Short form with a flexible working time

Task+

Respondents compare a geometric figure with other geometric figures. They then state whether the comparison figure is identical to one of the other four geometric figures. In the test forms with free working time respondents press different keys to indicate whether the figure is identical with another one or not. In the test forms with fixed working time respondents have a short time window in which to react only if a figure is identical to the comparison figure.

Dimensions+

Attention

Languages+

Hungarian

Turkish

Dutch

English (USA)

Ukrainian

French

Chinese (Taiwan)

Italian

Portuguese

Bulgarian

Swedish

Slovak

Spanish

Greek

German

Farsi

Polish

Bosnian

Romanian

Russian

Finnish

Chinese

Arabic

Serbian

Czech

Croatian

Hindi

Slovene

Portuguese (Brazil)

Duration+

approx. 5-20 minutes, depending on test form

Age+

Norms for ages 8+.

Test administration+

Controlled Mode


Scoring+

The following main variables are scored, depending on the test form:

  • S1, S2, S3, S11
    • Ability to concentrate: measure of speed during concentrated working.
  • S4, S5
    • Ability to concentrate: measure of working accuracy during concentrated working.
  • S8, S9
    • Ability to concentrate: measure of processing speed.
Products specifications
LanguagesArabic, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Chinese, Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English (USA), Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
Test informationwide norm spectrum <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="In tests with a wide norm spectrum the norms cover a wide age range (wider than ages 16-84), or multiple norm samples (at least two) are available."></i>, parallel test form <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="In tests with parallel forms at least one test form is available with content that is entirely equivalent to another form of the test. However, the parallel test forms use different item material."></i>, language-free item material <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="A test that uses language-free item material is one that can be worked by a respondent with no linguistic knowledge, provided that the instructions have been understood (for example with support from the test administrator)."></i>, additional device required <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="A SCHUHFRIED peripheral device (e.g. a Response Panel) is needed for proper administration of the test."></i>, high level of test security <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="A test has a high level of test security if steps have been taken to prevent disclosure of the answers or answer scheme. Examples of such steps include prevention of unsupervised online testing, the provision of parallel test forms and the use of objective personality tests and adaptive tests."></i>
DimensionsAttention
Test typeSpecial Ability Tests