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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 2013 Apr 4;20(6):735–756. doi: 10.1080/13825585.2013.781990

Table 1.

List of Goals Given to Participants to Assist with Completion of the Day Out Task

Day Out Task
The activities below can be completed in any order. Please multi-task and
interweave the tasks to complete the tasks in an efficient and natural way.
When you have finished the tasks, take the picnic basket to the front door.a

Gather correct change from organizer on dining room table for the bus ride.
Take motion sickness medication “Dramamine” located in kitchen cupboard
“A” just prior to leaving the house.
Plan bus route, determine time needed for the trip, cost of bus fare, and time
that must leave house to make bus (it takes 15 minutes to walk to bus stop).
Microwave heating pad located in kitchen cupboard “B” for 5 minutes to
take on bus.
Choose a magazine on coffee table for the bus ride.
Pack all items in a picnic basket, which can be found in the hallway closet
labeled “clothes closet”
bGather recipe items from kitchen cupboard “A” and refrigerator
bLocate recipe for “Spaghetti“ in recipe book, which is located in kitchen
cupboard “B”

Total time for bus trip: __________
Cost of bus fare: _________
Time must leave house to get to museum by 10:00 a.m. (note: it takes 15 minutes to walk
to the bus stop) ___________

Note: List was printed in 22 inch Times New Roman font

a

counted as “exit” subtask

b

counted as one subtask: “recipe book and ingredients”