Attention practice test
Try a fresh mix of five attention practices. Work with competing signals, visual search, and changing rules, then explore your results.
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Practices you may try
Each test picks five of these six practices, with four fresh rounds per practice. The mix and problems vary between attempts.
Stroop
Choose the ink color while ignoring the printed color word.
Flanker
Read the center arrow while ignoring its neighbors.
Simon task
Choose a side by the shape, ignoring where it appears.
Visual search
Find a named shape and color among distractors.
Task switching
Follow the visible rule as it changes between color, shape, and count.
Quick dot count
See a brief dot display, then report how many appeared.
Your result is yours to explore
Review each response and the rule behind it. Accuracy and response time are shown separately so you can explore each practice on its own terms.
Before you start
- Begin each round when you’re ready. You can take a break between rounds.
- Some tasks have a response limit or a brief display. Each round explains its rule before you begin.
- Leaving during a presentation or attention response marks that round as interrupted. You can skip a round at any time.
- Your results stay available in Progress, even after membership ends.