title: Latent structure of the Test of Everyday Attention in a non-clinical Chinese sample.
abstract: The validity and clinical viability of Posner and Petersen's (1999) 3-factor model of attention was tested through a confirmatory factor analysis of attentional performance (Test of Everyday Attention [Robertson, I. H., Ward, T., Ridgeway, V., & Nimmo-Smith, I. (1996). The structure of normal human attention: The Test of Everyday Attention. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2, 525-534]) in a sample of 133 Chinese participants. This study served both as a cross-cultural replication of the clinical implementation of this leading theoretical model of attention, and as a more stringent test of the validity of the hypothesized attentional processes underlying human cognitive control. The results support the validity of a 3-factor model of attention consistent with that proposed by Posner and Petersen (selective attention, sustained attention, and attentional switching/control), and demonstrate that clinical assessment of neuroanatomically-distinct attentional processes using simulated real life activities is possible.
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. rckchan2003@yahoo.com.hk
authors.forename: Raymond C K
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Ian H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results