UCancellation: A new mobile measure of selective attention and concentration.

ABSTRACT: Measuring selective attention in a speeded task can provide valuable insight into the concentration ability of an individual, and can inform neuropsychological assessment of attention in aging, traumatic brain injury, and in various psychiatric disorders. There are only a few tools to measure selective attention that are freely available, psychometrically validated, and can be used flexibly both for in-person and remote assessment. To address this gap, we developed a self-administrable, mobile-based test called "UCancellation" (University of California Cancellation), which was designed to assess selective attention and concentration and has two stimulus sets: Letters and Pictures. UCancellation takes less than 7 minutes to complete, is automatically scored, has multiple forms to allow repe

SUBMITTER: Pahor A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8806014 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature