Look beyond speed: can you find the target, follow the rule and resist distraction?
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UNDERSTAND YOUR RESULTS
This dimension organizes visual-search and interference-control observations. Schulte and Stroop tasks have different rules, material and units. Interpret them separately before comparing matching sessions. These tasks do not diagnose an attention disorder.
The grid task requires finding targets in a specified order. Completion time describes that search and interaction attempt. Match grid size, order mode and input device before comparing difficulty levels or records.
Word meaning and color can agree or conflict. Consider accuracy, correct-response times for each condition and valid trial counts together. A conflict cost is a difference between conditions, not the full response time of either condition.
Shorter time with more errors is not necessarily better performance. Keep settings and equipment consistent and consider several observations. One lapse or one reference score does not establish a fixed attention ability.
| Observation | Useful interpretation | Check before comparing |
|---|---|---|
| Schulte completion time | Search and ordered interaction on this attempt | Matching grid, order mode and input method |
| Stroop condition response time | Correct-response performance in that condition | Matching condition, accuracy and valid trials |
| Conflict cost | Time difference between conflict and control conditions | Not a full response time or an attention rank |
Time alone is not enough. Familiarity, search strategy, grid settings and interaction devices can affect performance. Confirm matching conditions and correct completion before comparing several personal records.
It describes a time difference between conflict and control conditions, not the whole task response time. Interpret it with the conditions used, accuracy and valid trial counts.
Not necessarily. Trial variation, strategy or condition differences can produce a negative cost on an attempt. Review the underlying conditions and accuracy rather than declaring it invalid or exceptional on its sign alone.
No. They provide task observations, not clinical screening or diagnosis. One result cannot identify the cause of attention difficulties in daily life.
Start with recorded scores. Historical coverage and comparable results may count different records.
Milliseconds, levels and item counts come from test records saved in this browser. Latest and personal-best scores are different observations, not fixed abilities.
Current reference scales use provisional project rules, not validated population norms. Estimated Top does not describe an observed population proportion; combining reference scores does not establish an overall population percentile.
The ordinary Profile overview and dimension details use the same production record-eligibility rules. Historical records remain visible, but records without comparable conditions do not contribute to reference scores. Saved history is not automatically a valid same-condition result. Distinguish all linked tests from the core tests contributing to a dimension.
Prefer the same task, mode, version and input method. Similar dates or scores alone cannot establish comparability when these conditions were not saved.
These notes do not read personal scores. Public HTML and page structured data contain no personal records. Sharing the page URL does not transfer your locally saved results.
Interpret Schulte time, Stroop condition response time and interference cost separately, without inventing a global attention rank.
Notes reviewed: 2026-10-21 · public-method-v1 (notes version, not a calculation model version)