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ANT task TASK
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The ANT is a task designed to test three attentional networks in children and adults: alerting, orienting, and executive control. Efficiency of the alerting network is examined by changes in reaction time resulting from a warning signal. Efficiency of orienting is examined by changes in the reaction time that accompany cues indicating where the target will occur. The efficiency of the executive network is examined by requiring the participant to respond by pressing two keys indicating the direction (left or right) of a central arrow surrounded by congruent, incongruent or neutral flankers.

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CONDITIONS

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CONTRASTS

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Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

The activation of attentional networks.
Fan J, McCandliss BD, Fossella J, Flombaum JI, Posner MI
NeuroImage (Neuroimage)
2005 Jun

Testing the efficiency and independence of attentional networks.
Fan J, McCandliss BD, Sommer T, Raz A, Posner MI
Journal of cognitive neuroscience (J Cogn Neurosci)
2002 Apr 1

Attention Network Task (ANT)
Nathan Kline Institute - Rockland Sample