The method of higher brain function valuation for brain damage.

Interventions to reduce the negative consequences of interruptions on task performance and individual differences in working memory capacity

“…To ensure that the participants actively engaged in the interruption task, questions were presented at the end of the trial to assess understanding of the content of the narrative texts. Using Imamura (2000) as reference, questions were created according to the last sentence that the participants reached when reading the narrative texts. Immediately after the interruption task, the screen returned to the primary task, which was automatically resumed.…”

“…The interruption task required participants to engage in a kana‐hiroi test, which consists of grasping the content of a story written in kana with approximately 450 kana letters, while simultaneously selecting the following Japanese kana letters, namely, “あ(A),” “い(I),” “う(U),” “え(E),” and “お(O),” and erasing them using the backspace key. This test was created based on the kana‐hiroi test included in the Clinical Higher Brain Function Assessment (Imamura, 2000). The narrative texts were selected from the Aozora Bunko digital library (https://www.aozora.gr.jp/).…”

“…and "お(O)," and erasing them using the backspace key. This test was created based on the kana-hiroi test included in the Clinical Higher Brain Function Assessment (Imamura, 2000). The narrative texts were selected from the Aozora Bunko digital library (https://www.aozora.gr.…”