Attention state of children during Schulte tables task

Abstract

We have analyzed EEG signals of children during cognitive load of specific type in order to estimate level of attention during this task. EEG signals were recorded in accordance with proposed design of experiment. For obtained EEG data we have analyzed behavioral characteristics as well as EEG-related characteristics. We have found that behavioural characteristic changes through the task, so may the attention level. We have also found that cognitive task completion is accompanied by appearance of spatial structure — specific distribution of wavelet energy across cortex, which partially changes during completion of the task as well. We believe that changes in attention level are tied to changes in energy distribution, so we suggest this distribution to be used as the marker for attention state estimation.