History
| • | Original rat version: Carli M, Robbins TW, Evenden JL, Everitt BJ (1983). Effects of lesions to ascending noradrenergic neurones on performance of a five-choice serial reaction time task in rats: implications for theories of dorsal noradrenergic bundle function based on selective attention and arousal. Behav Brain Res 9: 361-380. |
| • | Analagous to human continuous performance tests: Rosvold HE, Mirsky AF, Sarason I, Bransome EB, Beck LH (1956) A continuous performance test of brain damage. J Consult Psychol 20: 343-350. |
| • | First human five-choice task was by Leonard (see e.g. Wilkinson RT [1963] Interaction of noise with knowledge of results and sleep deprivation. J Exp Psychol 66: 332-337). |
| • | Review: Robbins TW (2002). The 5-choice serial reaction time task: behavioural pharmacology and functional neurochemistry. Psychopharmacology 163: 362-380. |
Apparatus
Task outline
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