Field test № 02 · 90 seconds
The Steadiness Check
Creatures appear about once a second. Log each one with a tap.
Except the owl. When the owl appears, hold still.
Fair warning: this will get boring. That is the instrument working. Ninety seconds where almost nothing happens, and what your attention does with that is the measurement.
Log every sighting
Never log the owl
Your only job is to play. The measurement happens on its own.
Press space to log
Built on the sustained-attention paradigm published by Robertson in 1997. The core measure, moment to moment timing variability, is the most replicated attention finding in the research literature.