A comprehensive review of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT).

By T. Tombaugh. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2006

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Distress Tolerance and Psychopathological Symptoms and Disorders: A Review of the Empirical Literature among Adults (2010, methodology): “Many researchers have employed several ISIs across several trials, and may choose certain trial lengths based on the population being investigated and the potential of ISIs to detect group differences (Tombaugh, 2006).”
The Hitman Study Violent Video Game Exposure Effects on Aggressive Behavior, Hostile Feelings, and Depression (2010, background): “Originally designed as a neuropsychological measure of cognitive processing speed, reviews of the PASAT have found that it is extremely irritating, frustrating, and anxiety provoking (Tombaugh, 2006).”
Functional neuroimaging correlates of mental fatigue induced by cognition among chronic fatigue syndrome patients and controls (2007, background): “The PASAT requires parti- cipants to attend to and encode auditory information and retrieve it from the working memory system (Tombaugh, 2006).”