Authors
David Delgado-Gómez, Carlos Carmona-Vázquez, Sofia Bayona, Juan Ardoy-Cuadros, David Aguado, Enrique Baca-García, Jorge Lopez-Castroman
Journal Paper
https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-015-0668-y
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Publication date
December 2016
The Continuous Performance Test (CPT) is a widely used computerized test to assess impulsivity. This article proposes the use of a CPT variant based on movement recognition to obtain more accurate measurements of impulsivity. In this pilot study, 22 volunteers participated in a CPT experiment responding to the stimuli by raising his or her dominant hand instead of pressing the space bar in a keyboard. Using this method, correlations of self-reported impulsivity with number of commission errors and average reaction time improved those obtained with standard CPT.