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Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS) Adult Version

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The DCCS is used to measure cognitive flexibility. Participants sort a picture according to its shape or colour as quickly as possible without a noise stimulus (in silence). Participants should press the ‘A’ key for ‘red’/’triangle’ and the ‘L’ key for ‘blue’/’square’.

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Not Quite as Grown-Up as We Like to Think (Diamond & Kirkham, 2005)
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0956-7976.2005.01530.x


AUT Bottle (No sound)

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Participants are asked to produce as many different uses for a Bottle in 3 minutes. This task is completed with no sound displayed.

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AUT Bottle (Sound)

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Participants are asked to produce as many different uses for a Bottle in 3 minutes. This task is completed with ambient noise displayed.

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AUT Hanger (No sound)

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Participants are asked to produce as many different uses for a Hanger in 3 minutes. This task is completed with no sound displayed.

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AUT Hanger (Sound)

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Participants are asked to produce as many different uses for a Bottle in 3 minutes. This task is completed with ambient noise displayed.

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Published on 31 January 2022