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AULA-Advanced Virtual Reality Tool for the Assessment of Attention: Normative Study in Spain
Yahaira Iriarte1, Unai Diaz-Orueta2, Eduardo Cueto3
1Nesplora Technology & Behavior, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain yiriarte@nesplora.com.
Objective:
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.
Method:
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.
Results:
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.
Conclusion:
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).
