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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Auditory attention"”.
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Selective auditory attention and speech-in-noise perception in English second language learners
Abstract Background: Selective auditory attention and speech-in-noise perception are key skills required by school-aged children for the development of academic skills that will ensure overall learning success in a school context. These skills are indispensable for English second language (ESL) …
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Brain Dynamics When Alertness Fluctuates but Attentional Demands Persist
… the day. Some tasks demand our unwavering attention, and when alertness dips, we still need to stay focused and engaged. This thesis examines how the human brain functionally reorganises when alertness levels decline but attentional demands persist. We focused on sustained auditory and …
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A Descriptive Analysis of the Relationship of Reading Performance and Selected Characteristics of Pupils with Special Educational Needs
… language, reading achievement, orientation, and auditory comprehension ratings of teachers. They were less alike on locus of control, reading readiness, spoken language ratings of teachers, and expressive language. The group differed most in number of children in the home, number of errors on the …
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Evaluating the impact of Attention Process Training (APT) on attention deficit in the early stages of recovery from stroke
Attention deficits are a prominent sequel of stroke and impact negatively on rehabilitation outcomes. However, rehabilitation efforts are almost entirely concerned with the remediation of physical impairments that result from the stroke despite the involvement of attention in physical functioning. …
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A functional imaging study of the relationship between the Default Mode Network and other control networks in the human brain
… this, participants completed a 14-minute auditory attention task, designed to engage the dorsal and ventral attention networks. In this task, participants responded to task-relevant stimuli (odd/even numbers) and attempted to inhibit their responses to task-irrelevant ‘oddballs’ (the …
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Soundscape and the Experience of Positive Silence
… simplicity, familiarity, safety and quality of attention are explored. In so doing, psychological theories of extended mind, construal level and psychological distance are considered in relation to the web of interactions between individual and soundscape. In all, these investigations revealed …
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Designing for Deep Engagement
… meaningful experience-- an effortless, depth of attention that is often undermined in our interrupt-driven, modern society. In this thesis, I present four novel interventions to promote states of deep engagement. Evaluating whether one of these interventions has a meaningful impact on flow state …
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CHRONIC LOW-LEVEL LEAD EXPOSURE AFFECTS THE MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM IN THE MOUSE SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX
… disabilities have been associated with altered auditory temporal processing in both humans and animals. Temporal processing is used to decode complex sounds and to detect a signal within a noise background, and it is thought that neurons of the superior olivary complex (SOC) in the brainstem …
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CHRONIC LOW-LEVEL LEAD EXPOSURE AFFECTS THE MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM IN THE MOUSE SUPERIOR OLIVARY COMPLEX
… disabilities have been associated with altered auditory temporal processing in both humans and animals. Temporal processing is used to decode complex sounds and to detect a signal within a noise background, and it is thought that neurons of the superior olivary complex (SOC) in the brainstem …
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On the role of neuronal oscillations in auditory cortical processing
… William James stated that "everyone knows what attention is", its underlying neural mechanisms are still being debated today. The goal of this research was to describe the physiological mechanisms of auditory attention using direct electrophysiological recordings in macaque primary auditory …
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An examination of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) subtests from a neuopsychological perspective
… presence suggested that language skills, an auditory attention factor, and a general intellective factor were being tapped (Dean, 1985a).A canonical correlation was computed. The results yielded one significant correlation between the linear components of the WAIS and the HRNB tests. Only …
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Computational auditory saliency
… is to identify sounds that grab a listener's attention. These sounds that draw a person's attention are sounds that are considered salient. The focus here will be on investigating the role of saliency in the auditory attentional process. In order to identify these salient sounds, we have …
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EEG and fMRI studies of the effects of stimulus properties on the control of attention
… variations in stimulus properties and CTOA, in auditory attention tasks were explored using recently developed approaches to EEG analysis including LIMO. The last experiment was structured using information theory, designing an effective experiment. Four studies were carried out using a number …
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Catching the mind's eye: the effect of internal distraction on external attention
Most studies of human attention focus on how individuals are able to allocate their attention to various perceptual sources in the environment. Yet, the internal processing of information, such as holding or manipulating information in working memory, speech comprehension, and long-term memory …
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Neural Encoding of Continuous Attended Speech in Monolingual and Bilingual Listeners
… has also been linked to changes to selective attention and inhibition of unwanted information. Although behavioural differences between monolinguals and bilinguals on tasks of selective attention remain controversial, the experience of learning and using a second language undoubtedly …