title: AULA-Advanced Virtual Reality Tool for the Assessment of Attention: Normative Study in Spain.
abstract: The present study describes the obtention of normative data for the AULA test, a virtual reality tool designed to evaluate attention problems, especially in children and adolescents.
  
  
  
  The normative sample comprised 1,272 participants (48.2% female) with an age range from 6 to 16 years (M = 10.25, SD = 2.83). The AULA test administered to them shows both visual and auditory stimuli, while randomized distractors of ecological nature appear progressively.
  
  
  
  Variables provided by AULA were clustered in different categories for their posterior analysis. Differences by age and gender were analyzed, resulting in 14 groups, 7 per sex group. Differences between visual and auditory attention were also obtained.
  
  
  
  Obtained normative data are relevant for the use of AULA for evaluating attention in Spanish children and adolescents in a more ecological way. Further studies will be needed to determine sensitivity and specificity of AULA to measure attention in different clinical populations. (J. of Att. Dis. 2016; 20(6) 542-568).
authors.affiliation: Nesplora Technology & Behavior, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain yiriarte@nesplora.com.
authors.forename: Yahaira
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iriarte
authors.affiliation: Nesplora Technology & Behavior, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: Unai
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Diaz-Orueta
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cueto
authors.affiliation: Nesplora Technology & Behavior, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Irazustabarrena
authors.affiliation: Nesplora Technology & Behavior, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Banterla
authors.affiliation: Nesplora Technology & Behavior, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.
authors.forename: Gema
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Climent
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010470:Perceptual Masking; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011897:Random Allocation; D011930:Reaction Time; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D013030:Spain; D014584:User-Computer Interface