TY - JOUR T1 - Demographic Variables and Selective, Sustained Attention and Planning through Cognitive Tasks among Healthy Adults TT - JF - BCN JO - BCN VL - 2 IS - 3 UR - http://bcn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-147-en.html Y1 - 2011 SP - 58 EP - 67 KW - Demographics KW - Planning KW - Selective Attention KW - Sustained Attention. N2 - Introduction: Cognitive tasks are considered to be applicable and appropriate in assessing cognitive domains. The purpose of our study is to determine the relationship existence between variables of age, sex and education with selective, sustained attention and planning abilities by means of computerized cognitive tasks among healthy adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study was implemented during 6 months from June to November, 2010 on 84 healthy adults (42 male and 42 female). The whole participants performed computerized CPT, STROOP and TOL tests after being content and trained. Results: The obtained data indicate that there is a significant correlation coefficient between age, sex and education variables (p M3 ER -