Publish at January 29 2025 Updated January 29 2025
The BLAST test (Bron/Lyon Attention Stability Test) was developed at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (Inserm CNRS) to measure the ability of individuals to "stay on task", i.e. to selectively and repeatedly apply cognitive processes relevant to the task.
The original test lasts around one minute, and repeatedly measures the time taken to find a target letter in a table, with all letters updated on each new trial over thirty trials. BLAST performance correlates well with ADHD questionnaire scores.
The test suggested here is inspired by the original BLAST and provides a detailed graph of your performance.
Click on "start" and then click to the left or right of the table to indicate your answer.
For research results
BLAST: A short computerized test to measure the ability to stay on task. Normative behavioral data and detailed cortical dynamics
Mathilde Petton, Marcela Perrone-Bertolotti, Diego Mac-Auliffe, Olivier Bertrand, Pierre-Emmanuel Aguera, Florian Sipp, Manik Batthacharjee, Jean Isnard, Lorella Minotti, Sylvain Rheims, et al - Neuropsychologia, 2019
https://hal.science/hal-02293851v1
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