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This study aimed to collect basic data on the features of electroencephalography (EEG) during attention tasks to develop a new method for evaluating attentional function using EEG. Twenty healthy young adults participated; we examined cerebral activity during a Clinical Assessment for Attention using portable EEG devices. The Mann\u2013Whitney U test was performed to assess differences in power levels of EEG during tasks between the low- and high-attention groups. The findings revealed that the high-attention group showed significantly higher EEG power levels in the \u03b4 wave of L-temporal and bilateral parietal lobes, as well as in the \u03b2 and \u03b3 waves of the R-occipital lobe, than did the low-attention group during digit-forward, whereas the high-attention group showed significantly higher EEG power levels in the \u03b8 wave of R-frontal and the \u03b1 wave of bilateral frontal lobes during digit-backward. 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