Spatial Orienting Task (SOT)

The Spatial Orienting Task (SOT) is a validated assessment of attentional control. In the task, participants are instructed that they can either win or lose points, after which they have to push a button if they see a target pop up. The target either pops up fast or really fast and the location where the target pops up can be primed or not. The accuracy and reaction times of the button presses is recorded.

In TRAILS, besides performance, heart rate, heart rate variability, pre-ejection period, blood pressure, baroreflex sensitivity, and respiratory sinus arrhythmia were also measured during this task.

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  • Population cohort

  • POP - T3
    •   C
    15.0 - 17.0 years   From 2005-09-01 to 2008-08-31
  • Clinical cohort

  • CC - T3
    •   C
    15.0 - 17.0 years   From 2009-09-01 to 2011-02-28
    Mode of collection MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Spatial Orienting Task (SOT)
    References
    Derryberry, D., & Reed, M. A. (2002). Anxiety-related attentional biases and their regulation by attentional control. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(2), 225–236. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843x.111.2.225
    van Hemel-Ruiter, M. E., de Jong, P. J., Oldehinkel, A. J., & Ostafin, B. D. (2013). Reward-related attentional biases and adolescent substance use: The TRAILS study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 27(1), 142–150. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028271
    You can also access this dataset using the API (see API Docs).