D2 Test of Attention

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

1. Rhonda M. Ross (2005). The D2 Test of Attention: An Examination of Age, Gender, and Cross-cultural Indices. Argosy University.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Hedrih, Vladimir (2024-01-14). "Selective attention scores of adults have been increasing over generations, study finds". PsyPost. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

Further reading

• 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.