TY - JOUR
T1 - Revisiting the link between the sustained attention to response task (SART) and daily-life cognitive failures
AU - Schepers, Annika M.
AU - Schorrlepp, Leonie
AU - de Vries, Juriena D.
AU - de Kloe, Tamara
AU - van der Linden, Dimitri
AU - Bijleveld, Erik
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors
PY - 2023/9
Y1 - 2023/9
N2 - In this study, we examined the relationship between errors of commission on the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) and scores on the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ). The goal was to assess the ecological validity of the SART in a sample of people scoring high on fatigue complaints. SART errors of commission were positively associated with CFQ scores and this finding remained after controlling for fatigue level, age, and SART reaction times. Thus, our results generally supported the ecological validity of the SART. However, when examining subsamples separately, we found the association between SART and CFQ only in our subsample of employees, not in our subsample of university students. The three subscales of the CFQ showed the same pattern of findings. Our results imply that, when using the SART to draw conclusions about everyday life, it is crucial to consider the characteristics of one's sample and control for relevant confounding variables.
AB - In this study, we examined the relationship between errors of commission on the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART) and scores on the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ). The goal was to assess the ecological validity of the SART in a sample of people scoring high on fatigue complaints. SART errors of commission were positively associated with CFQ scores and this finding remained after controlling for fatigue level, age, and SART reaction times. Thus, our results generally supported the ecological validity of the SART. However, when examining subsamples separately, we found the association between SART and CFQ only in our subsample of employees, not in our subsample of university students. The three subscales of the CFQ showed the same pattern of findings. Our results imply that, when using the SART to draw conclusions about everyday life, it is crucial to consider the characteristics of one's sample and control for relevant confounding variables.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103558
DO - 10.1016/j.concog.2023.103558
M3 - Article
C2 - 37657361
AN - SCOPUS:85170717507
SN - 1053-8100
VL - 114
JO - Consciousness and Cognition
JF - Consciousness and Cognition
M1 - 103558
ER -