Attentional Network Task (ANT)

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Available Test Forms

Attentional Network Task

The Attentional Network Task as originally developed by Fan et al (2002).
Duration: 20 minutes
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German
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM

Attentional Network Task - Revised (ANT-R)

The revised version of the ANT as described in Fan et al (2009).
Duration: 30 minutes
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Attentional Network Task - Revised with Mouse Tracking (ANT-R)

The revised version of the ANT using mouse tracking as described in Yamauhi et al (2019).
Duration: 30 minutes
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English
Mar 13, 2024, 6:26PM

Attentional Network Task (Child Version)

The child version of the Attentional Network Task as developed by Rueda et al (2004).
Duration: 20 minutes
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Danish
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM
German
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM

Centre for Research on Safe Driving Attentional Network Task (CRSD-ANT) - Arrows

A 10-minute version of the ANT developed by the CRSD (Weaver et al, 2013) using arrow stimuli.
Duration: 10 minutes
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Spanish
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM

Centre for Research on Safe Driving Attentional Network Task (CRSD-ANT) - Trucks

A 10-minute version of the ANT developed by the CRSD (Weaver et al, 2013) using images of trucks as stimuli.
Duration: 10 minutes
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English
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM
Spanish
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM

Modified Attentional Network Task

The modified Attentional Network Task (ANT) by Wang et al (2015).
Duration: 34 minutes
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English
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM

Short ANT

The Short ANT as developed by Dr. Jin Fan.
Duration: 12 minutes
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Last Updated
English
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM
Turkish
Mar 13, 2024, 4:07PM

References

Google ScholarSearch Google Scholar for peer-reviewed, published research using the Inquisit Attentional Network Task (ANT).

Fan, J., McCandliss, B. D., Sommer, T., Raz, A., & Posner, M. I. (2002). Testing the efficiency and independence of attentional networks. Journal Cognitive Neuroscience, 14(3), 340-7.

Rueda, M. R., Fan, J., McCandlis, B. D., Halparin, J. D., Gruber, D. B., Pappert Lercari, L., & Posner, M.I (2004).

Gooding, D. C., Braun, J. G., & Studer, J. A. (December 01, 2006). Attentional network task performance in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: Evidence of a specific deficit. Schizophrenia Research, 88, 1-3.

Moore, K. S., Porter, C. B., & Weissman, D. H. (January 01, 2009). Made you look! Consciously perceived, irrelevant instructional cues can hijack the attentional network. Neuroimage, 46, 1, 270-9.

Fan, J., Gu, X., Guise, K.G., Liu, X., Fossella, J., Wang, H. & Posner, M.I. (2009). Testing the behavioral interaction and integration of attentional networks. Brain and Cognition, 70, 209–220.

López, S. G., Fuster, J. I., Reyes, M. M., Collazo, T. M., Quiñones, R. M., Berazain, A. R., Rodríguez, M. A., ... Valdés-Sosa, M. (January 01, 2011). Attentional network task in schizophrenic patients and theirs unaffected first degree relatives: a potential endofenotype. Actas Españolas De Psiquiatría, 39, 1.)

Salo, R., Gabay, S., Fassbender, C., & Henik, A. (December 01, 2011). Distributed attentional deficits in chronic methamphetamine abusers: Evidence from the Attentional Network Task (ANT). Brain and Cognition, 77, 3, 446-452.

Weaver, B.,Bédarda, M., and McAuliffe, J. (2013). Evaluation of a 10-minute Version of the Attention Network Test. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Vol. 27, No. 8, 1281–1299.

Yi-Feng Wang, Xiu-Juan Jing, Feng Liu, Mei-Ling Li, Zhi-Liang Long, Jin H. Yan & Hua-Fu Chen (2015). Reliable Attention Network Scores and Mutually Inhibited Internetwork Relationships Revealed by Mixed Design and Non-orthogonal Method. www.nature.com/scientificreports: Scientific Reports | 5:10251 | DOI: 10.1038/srep10251

Yamauhi, T., Leontyev, A., & Razavi, M. (2019). Mouse Tracking Measures Reveal Cognitive Conflicts Better than Response Time and Accuracy Measures. In A.K. Goel, C.M. Seifert, & C. Freksa (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 3150-3156). Montreal, QB: Cognitive Science Society