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‘5 digit test’: a multilinguistic non-reading alternative to the Stroop test

M.A. Sedó [REV NEUROL 2004;38:824-828] PMID: 15152349 DOI: https://doi.org/10.33588/rn.3809.2003545

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Volumen 38 | Number 09 | Nº of views of the article 8.323 | Nº of PDF downloads 1.673 | Article publication date 01/05/2004

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ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION The use of digits in groups that may or may not correspond to their arithmetic values (for instance: five 5s, that can be easily read as ‘five’; or five 2s, which is also meant to be counted as a ‘five’) allows us to measure at the same time the ‘processing speed’ of the subjects and their ability to ‘direct’ and ‘switch’ their attentional control. Aims. The use of this new ‘five digit test’ (5DT) as a multilingual non-reading alternative to the Stroop test presents a series of advantages: it minimizes the effects of education and social class, allows the testing of much younger students, allows the testing of much younger students, and allows the testing of color-blind and color-anomic subjects. Subjects and methods. Using groups of 20 adults at different age levels (55-64, 65-74, 75+) and groups of 20 and 20 subjects with cerebral-vascular episodes (anterior and posterior) we can estimate the usefulness of this instrument in concrete nosological populations.

RESULTS We find a slowing of production and reorientation times with aging; and a dramatic influence of neurological dysfunctions.

CONCLUSIONS The tests allows a valid exploration of the Stroop effect in other languages, when a phonetic answer sheet is provided. KeywordsExecutive functions Focused attention Mental flexibility Mental resilience Selective attention Stroop effect

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‘5 digit test’: a multilinguistic non-reading alternative to the Stroop test