Toolbox Tasks

The Toolbox Tasks consist of accuracy-based and adaptive threshold attention tasks that all demonstrate strong reliability and validity as measures of attention control. Each task takes roughly 10+ minutes to administer. It is advised to choose 3 of these tasks to measure attention control at the latent construct level. See Draheim et al. (2023) and Draheim et al. (2021) for more information.

For any questions about downloading, administering, or scoring the tasks feel free to contact us at englelabtaskmanager@gmail.com

Most recent updates are from Draheim et al. (2023)

Antisaccade

 

Selective Visual Arrays

Set sizes 3 and 5

Sustained Attention-to-Cue Task

Version 2

Stroop Adaptive Response Deadline

Version 2: Trial-level Adaptive Staircase



We may periodically update some features of the tasks to improve their psychometric properties and measurement of attention control. Older versions of the tasks are still available for download, though are not advised to continue using in future research.

Citations


If you are using any of the toolbox tasks:

Draheim et al. (2023)

Replication and extension of the toolbox approach to measuring attention control. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-023-02140-2

Draheim et al. (2021)

A toolbox approach to improving the measurement of attention control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(2), 242-275. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0000783

If you are using the antisaccade:

Hutchison (2007)

Attention conrol and the relatedness proportion effect in semantic priming. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 33(4), 645 - 662.

Unsworth et al. (2004)

Working memory capacity and the antisaccade task: Individual differences in voluntary saccade control. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 30(6), 1302 - 1321.

If you are using the selective visual arrays:

Martin et al. (2021)

The visual arrays task: Visual storage capacity or attention control? Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001048

Vogel, McCollough, & Machizawa (2005)

Neural measures reveal individual differences in controlling access to working memory Nature, 438(24), 500 - 503.