Auditory ANT

Technical Manual

Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Created: January 06, 2024

Last Modified: January 18, 2025 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com), Millisecond

Background

This script implements the auditory Attention Network Test (ANT-A) as suggested by Wu et al (2021). The ANT-A is an approximate auditory analog of the visual ANT-R (Fan et al, 2009). As part of the ANT tasks, the ANT-A is a behavioral measure of alerting, orienting and executive attention.

This script runs the practice session, followed by the test session via a batch script.

Subtest Manuals

Practice Session

Test Session

References

Ant-R: Visual

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.

The original ANT-R (e-prime, version 1) can be downloaded at: https://people.qc.cuny.edu/Faculty/Jin.Fan/Pages/Downloads.aspx

Ant: Auditory

Wu, X., Jiang, Y., Jiang, Y., Chen, G., Chen, Y., & Bai, X. (2021). The Influence of Action Video Games on Attentional Functions Across Visual and Auditory Modalities. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 611778–611778. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.611778