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TOVA test interpretation

Hello
If you are trained in administering / interpreting the 'Test Of Variables of Attention' ( TOVA test) you may be able to answer the following
1.Is there a norm so to speak , about the average response times to the target for healthy individuals?
2.How can a session in which the errors of commission were very few but the response times were slow be interpreted? (is that a sign of a normal individual slowing down to ensure avoidance of commission errors?)
3.What can be considered as low number of commission errors assuming an individual with no disorder or attention problem ? ( we take for granted that no omission errors have been made)
Thank you
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189897 tn?1441126518
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    I have no experience with the TOVA test.  But, I do know that no online computer test can accurately tell if you have ADHD.  There is a reason that the clinical standards call for questionnaires of the child's parents and teachers.    
      "In the opinion of one expert panel:18 Computerized tests of attention and vigilance (CPTs)33,40–42 are not generally useful in diagnosis because they suffer from low specificity and sensitivity.43,44."  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2993524/
   If you google TOVA, you will find a lot of info - this one seems to nail it pretty well.    http://adhdtesting.org/tova.htm
    I would be happy to answer any questions you might have relating to symptoms, etc.   By the way, if you are an adult trying the test because it is so difficult to get a psyc to believe you - you are not alone.
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