D2 Test of Attention

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D2 Test of Attention
Purpose	measure of selective and sustained attention

The d2 Test of Attention is a neuropsychological measure of selective and sustained attention and visual scanning speed.^[1] It is a paper and pencil test that asks participants to cross out any letter "d" with two marks around above it or below it in any order.^[2] The surrounding distractors are usually similar to the target stimulus, for example a "p" with two marks or a "d" with one or three marks.^[3] The original version of the test was created by Brickenkamp (1981) in Germany as a cancellation task.^[4] A meta-analysis, published in Personality and Individual Differences, found that adults have shown increasing scores in selective attention over the past three decades, as measured by the d2 Test of Attention.^[5]

References

^ Rhonda M. Ross (2005). The D2 Test of Attention: An Examination of Age, Gender, and Cross-cultural Indices. Argosy University.
^ Margaret Semrud-Clikeman; Phyllis Anne Teeter Ellison (15 June 2009). Child Neuropsychology: Assessment and Interventions for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2nd Edition. Springer. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-387-88963-4.
^ Michel Leclercq; Peter Zimmermann (4 April 2002). Applied Neuropsychology of Attention: Theory, Diagnosis and Rehabilitation. Psychology Press. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-135-43178-5.
^ Otfried Spreen (19 February 1998). A Compendium of Neuropsychological Tests: Administration, Norms, and Commentary. Oxford University Press. p. 240. ISBN 978-0-19-510019-8.
^ Hedrih, Vladimir (2024-01-14). "Selective attention scores of adults have been increasing over generations, study finds". PsyPost. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

Flanagan, Dawn P.; Harrison, Patti L., eds. (2012). Contemporary Intellectual Assessment: Theories, tests, and issues (Third ed.). New York (NY): Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1-60918-995-2. ERIC ED530599.
Miller, Daniel C. (3 January 2013). Essentials of School Neuropsychological Assessment (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-17584-2. Retrieved 9 June 2014.

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Arousal/Attention	Continuous performance task D2 Test of Attention Four boxes test Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test Morningness–eveningness questionnaire Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test Posner cueing task Test of everyday attention Test of Variables of Attention
Sensation/Perception	Bender-Gestalt Test Benton Visual Retention Test Dot cancellation test Judgment of Line Orientation Navon figure Rey–Osterrieth complex figure
Memory	1-2-AX working memory task California Verbal Learning Test Corsi block-tapping test Digit symbol substitution test Doors and People MCI Screen Wechsler Memory Scale
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Motor	Compensatory tracking task Purdue Pegboard Test
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Sleep	Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Specific impairments	British Columbia Postconcussion Symptom Inventory Clinical Dementia Rating Digit Cancellation Test Disability Rating Scale Florida Cognitive Activities Scale Glasgow Coma Scale Glasgow Outcome Scale Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire
Intelligence	National Adult Reading Test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Wechsler Test of Adult Reading Raven's Progressive Matrices
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Social	Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale
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