Emotional disturbances are very common and can interfere negatively with social life, the development of social skills and even academic performance. High levels of anxiety tend to negatively affect different cognitive functions, including attention. The Nesplora Aula test allows us to analyse the child’s attention profile, to adapt the treatment and to follow up and monitor it. During the treatment we can observe the changes in the cognitive profile of the person evaluated, being the decrease in the attentional signs an indicator of the improvement of anxiety.

Impulsivity is often an important pillar of behavioral and social problems. But, the deficit in impulse management is not only reflected in behavioral problems or social skills. Often these difficulties can also affect the learning process. An objective evaluation of the attentional processes and inhibitory control is especially important in these cases. Nesplora Aula allows us to learn the attentional profile, impulse management and motor activity of each person, so that we are able to intervene more effectively adapting to that specific profile and thus improve behavioral problems and social skills, whether they are due to impulsivity or an attentional deficit.

It is common to confuse attentional problems with reading and writing problems. The profile of reading difficulties of children with a diagnosis of ADHD can be confused with that of dyslexia diagnoses, especially in early stages, since there is a great coincidence with the most common types of errors in visual dyslexia. In this case, Nesplora Aula can help us to detect whether it is a reading-writing problem or an attentional problem and provide reliable and objective data for the differential diagnosis. 

Learning problems and difficulties in the school environment, are usually one of the most frequent consultations. The automatically generated report shows the complete attentional profile of the child. In the report we can analyze what type of task the person being evaluated performs best, in what environment he or she performs best, what stimuli he or she processes best, in case of showing excessive motor activity, we can know if it is a sterile movement or if it is caused by distractors in the environment. All this information can help us to adapt to the needs of children, use specific strategies, plan interventions and thus, get them to better their performance in their daily lives.

It allows us to make a more reliable diagnosis, since the attentional difficulties that lead to pinpointing ADHD are often a “misdiagnosis” because it is based on subjective perceptions of the child’s environment. With this test we have objective data to complement other information and confirm or rule out attentional difficulties, and it also facilitates the differentiation between subtypes of ADHD.

As part of a complete neuropsychological evaluation, we can administer Nesplora Aula as a reliable and objective measure of the patient’s attentional processes. We obtain information on sustained and selective attention, impulsivity, auditory and visual processing, motor activity, performance in the presence and absence of distractors, processing speed and quality of attentional focus. It allows us to analyze the complete profile of the child, to know in which conditions he or she performs better, to plan a treatment, and to follow up and monitor it.

The alterations manifested after a brain injury may have physical, sensory, cognitive, emotional, communication and language, and/or functional autonomy implications. Among the main alterations after an ABI there may be attentional alterations, among which the following stand out: Inability to detect, focus, maintain vigilance level, reduced resistance to interference, distractibility, reduced capacity and speed of information processing, problems attending to stimuli simultaneously or successively, neglect, alterations related to diffuse or focal lesions (frontal lobes). FEDACE, 2006

In this case it is of vital importance to carry out an exhaustive evaluation and in this context Nesplora Aula provides us with useful information about the profile of the person being evaluated. It allows us to analyse their attentional capacity, processing speed, distractibility due to execution in the presence and absence of distractors, the processing of auditory and visual stimuli presented in a combined manner and impulsivity. In addition, it allows us to monitor the rehabilitation that is carried out and facilitates the comparison between the results obtained in the first taking of the test with those obtained in the following takings, so that the evolution of the child can be observed.