Attention and Perception Tests are designed to measure a person’s ability to focus on specific tasks and information. They can help psychologists determine whether someone may have difficulty with focusing or paying attention. There are a variety of tests that can be used, depending on the psychologist’s needs. In this blog post, we will discuss the most common types of Attention and Perception Tests, as well as their purposes. Stay tuned!
What Is an Attention and Perception Test?
Why do we need attention and perception tests?
Concentration and perception are the two main factors that allow us to interact with our environment. Attention is what allows us to focus on specific stimuli in our environment, while perception is the ability to interpret those stimuli.
Attention and perception are essential for performing everyday tasks such as reading, driving, or cooking. They are also important for more complex activities such as studying or working. Attention and perception tests help us to measure how well a person is able to focus and interpret information. This information can be useful for diagnosing attention or perceptual disorders, or for determining a person’s ability to perform certain tasks.
An attention and perception test is a measure of an individual’s ability to focus on a specific task, as well as their ability to accurately perceive objects or stimuli.
These tests can be used to help identify conditions such as ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, or traumatic brain injuries. They can also be used to help measure the effectiveness of treatments for these conditions.
Attention and perception tests are typically administered in a clinical setting, but there are also some online versions that can be used for self-assessment.
Frostig Development Test of Visual Perception
The Frostig visual perception test is a collection of tests devised to measure various aspects of child’s visual perception abilities in order for teachers to address learning needs. The objective of the tests is to determine eye-motor coordination, figure-ground distinction, form constancy, spatial relationships, and position in space. The test taker’s raw scores for each sub-test may be converted to a perceptual age equivalent, which represents the age at which the average youngster attains this score, and a total perceptional quotient can then be calculated in a manner similar to that used for calculating an intelligence quotient.
Bender-Gestalt Test
The Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test (abbreviated as Bender-Gestalt test) is a psychological examination that assesses visual-motor functioning, developmental disorders, and neurological impairments in children ages 3 and older and adults.
The Bender-Gestalt Test was created by child psychologist Lauretta Bender in 1938. Later researchers added variants to the test, although projective tests designed as adaptions have been harshly criticized in the clinical literature due to their lack of psychometric validity. The same basic structure is used by all versions, although the way results are judged and scored varies.
Benton Visual Retention Test
The Benton Visual Retention Test (or simply the Benton test, BVRT) is a series of individually administered exercises designed to assess visual perception and memory in persons ranging in age from eight years to adulthood. It may also be used to evaluate other mental disorders that might affect memory. The examinee is presented with 10 designs one after another and instructed to replicate each one by memory on plain paper. The test is not timed, and the results are adjudicated by form, shape, pattern, and arrangement on the page.
Dr. Morris Bender, a neurologist, had worked at the San Diego Naval Hospital with psychologist Dr. Arthur Benton during his military service there. His experiences working with sailors who had suffered traumatic brain injuries prompted him to create the Benton Visual Retention Test.
Bourdon–Wiersma
The dot cancellation test, also known as the Bourdon-Wiersma test, is a common examination of both visual perception and vigilance.
The Stroke Score is a test that has been used in the assessment of stroke patients who were asked to cross out all four-dot groups on an A4 piece of paper. The number of uncrossed four-dot groups, dots other than four that were crossed, and the time spent (maximum, 15 minutes) were all considered. The Group–Bourdon test, a modification of the Bourdon–Wiersma, is one of several psychometric tests that trainee UK bus drivers must pass.
The test is based on Benjamin B. Bourdon and Enno Dirk Wiersma’s research.
D2 Test of Attention
The d2 Test of Attention is a neuropsychological test for selective and sustained attention and visual scanning speed. It’s a paper-and-pencil test in which participants are asked to cross out any letter “d” with two marks surrounding it or below it in any order. The distractors are generally comparable to the target stimulus, such as a “p” with two marks or a “d” with one, three, or five markings. Brickenkamp (1981) developed the test in Germany as a cancellation task.
Frankfurt Adaptive Concentration Test
The Frankfurt Adaptive Concentration Test (FACT-2), commonly known as the “Concentration Battery,” is a computer-based test for measuring concentration abilities via discrimination tasks. The proband must quickly and accurately distinguish geometric targets from non-targets. A specific reaction button is required for both target items and non-target items, necessitating directed attention on all of them.
The Moosbrugger and Heyden Test, the first version of which was created in 1997 by Moosbrugger and Heyden, the second edition of which was produced by Moosbrugger and Goldhammer at Goethe University Frankfurt in 2005.
Last Updated on December 12, 2022 by Lucas Berg
