{"product_id":"test-of-everyday-attention-tea","title":"Test Of Everyday Attention (Tea)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeasure selective attention, sustained attention and attentional switching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eTEA\u003c\/em\u003e has three parallel versions, is ecologically plausible and acceptable to patients. It is sensitive enough also to show normal age effects in the normal population.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe test gives a broad-based measure of the most important clinical and theoretical aspects of attention: no other test of attention exists which does this.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt can be used analytically to identify different patterns of attentional breakdown.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eTEA \u003c\/em\u003ehas a wide range of applications, from patients with Alzheimer’s disease to young normal subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the only test of attention based largely on everyday materials: the real-life scenario means that patients enjoy the test and find it relevant to the problems faced in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThere are eight subtests of the TEA:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMap search\u003c\/strong\u003e - Subjects have to search for symbols on a coloured map. The score is the number out of 80 found in 2 minutes. This subtest is age-sensitive and usable with almost all brain-damaged patients, including those with Alzheimer’s disease. It measures selective attention and loads on the same factor as the Stroop Test and the d2 cancellation test.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElevator counting\u003c\/strong\u003e - Subjects are asked to pretend they are in an elevator whose door-indicator is not functioning. They therefore have to establish which ‘door’ they have arrived at by counting a series of tape-presented tones. This is an established measure of sustained attention sensitive to right frontal lesions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElevator counting with distraction\u003c\/strong\u003e - Subjects have to count the low tones in the pretend elevator while ignoring the high tones. This was designed as a subtest of auditory selective attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVisual elevator\u003c\/strong\u003e - Here, subjects have to count up and down as they follow a series of visually presented ‘doors’ in the elevator. This reversal task is a measure of attentional switching, and hence of cognitive flexibility. It is self-paced and loads on the same factor as the number of categories on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuditory elevator with reversal\u003c\/strong\u003e - The same as the visual elevator subtest except that it is presented at fixed speed on tape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTelephone search\u003c\/strong\u003e - Subjects must look for key symbols while searching entries in a simulated classified telephone directory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTelephone search dual task\u003c\/strong\u003e - Subject must again search in the directory while simultaneously counting strings of tones presented by a tape recorder. The combined performance on sub-tests 6 and 7 gives a measure of divided attention - a ‘dual task decrement’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComplete Kit\u003c\/strong\u003e - Includes manual, pack of 25 scoring sheets, cue book, stimulus cards, maps and video in a bag\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Ian H Robertson, Ian Nimmo-Smith, Tony Ward, Valerie Ridgeway\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 1994\u003cbr\u003eAge Range: 18 years to 80 years\u003cbr\u003eAdministration: Individual - 45 to 60 minutes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51273546367259,"sku":"TEA","price":499.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0915\/4363\/4203\/files\/Test_of_Everyday_Attention__TEA.jpg?v=1769511846","url":"https:\/\/abcschoolsupplies.ie\/products\/test-of-everyday-attention-tea","provider":"ABC School Supplies ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}