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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"sustained attention"”.

  1. The metacognition of attention: Using self-scheduled breaks to improve sustained attention

    Patel, Trisha N.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2021

    The student, Trisha Patel, accepted the attached license on 2020-12-14 at 16:25.

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  2. The Effects of Chronic Sleep Deprivation on Sustained Attention: A Study of Brain Dynamic Functional Connectivity

    He, Yiling

    … can reduce the capabilities and efficiency of attentional performance by impairing perception, increasing effort to maintain concentration, as well as introducing vision disturbance. Thus, it is important to understand the neural mechanisms behind how chronic sleep deprivation impairs sustained …

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  3. An examination of the role of sustained attention and regulatory focus in stereotype threat and older adults and experiences of perceptions of ageing

    Fawsitt, FeargusUniversity College Cork2023

    … stereotype threat in older adults in a test of sustained attention. These findings support executive interference, a specific account of a mechanism potentially underpinning stereotype threat, but stereotype threat may act differently in certain circumstance such as the nature of the assessment, …

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  4. The Underused Mind: The Role of Cognition in Trait Boredom

    Gorelik, Dana2020

    … consequences. It is also associated with poor sustained attention and self-reported executive dysfunction. However, research on trait boredom and cognitive ability beyond sustained attention is limited. One reason is that there has been a lack of theoretically grounded measures of trait …

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  5. Your Attention Please: Neural Networks, Individual Differences, and Clinical Implications of Attentional Control in the Human Brain

    Lemire-Rodger, Sabrina2020

    Our brains ability to direct our attention requires paradoxical processing. We must be able to focus and maintain our attention without allowing external stimuli to lure us off task. Yet, we must also be able to shift our attention flexibly to switch tasks in response to relevant cues. Unitary …

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  6. Working Memory Deficits in Children: Contributions of Executive Control Processes and Symptoms of ADHD

    Leffard, Stacie2018

    … been fractionated into four subprocesses: (a) sustained attention, (b) selective attention/inhibition (c) shifting attention, and (d) control of retrieval from long-term memory (Baddeley, 2003; Mirsky et al., 1991; Zoelch et al., 2005). Children with ADHD are known to have working memory …

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  7. ATTENDING TO LEARN WHILE LEARNING TO ATTEND: RECIPROCAL RELATIONS BETWEEN INFANT ATTENTION AND CONTINGENT CONTINGENT INTERACTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

    Masek, LillianTemple University. Libraries2021

    … Research suggests that infants with better attentional skills engage in more social contingency during interactions with adults and that adult contingent responding influences infant attention during the interaction. This dissertation examines reciprocal relations between infant attention …

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  8. Effects of Nicotine Pharmacology and Stimulus Expectancies on Withdrawal and Attentional Processing

    Kaufman, Laura M.2010

    … on self-reported withdrawal symptoms and sustained attention. To this end, the study employed a mixed design with a modified balanced placebo component, as well as repeated assessments (pre-smoking vs. post-smoking) of the Wisconsin Smoking Withdrawal Scale and the Rapid Visual Information …

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  9. Disentangling the neural correlates of attention decrement: from Cognitive Neuroscience to Cognitive Engineering

    Derosiere, GerardNational University of Ireland Maynooth2014

    Focused attention represents a high-level cognitive function enabling humans to selectively facilitate specific actions and perceptions. In a world full of choices of action, and of perceptual possibilities, focused attention appears to be a vital component of human cognition. One observation …

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  10. Neural and psychological mediators of trait impulsivity: cortico-striatal circuitry and catecholaminergic neuromodulation

    Toschi, ChiaraUniversity of Cambridge2022

    … underlies many psychiatric disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), mood disorders such as depression and mania, and substance use disorder (SUD). Research has shown that impulsivity is a non-unitary construct, characterised by distinct behavioural manifestations and, …

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  11. The Neurocognitive Sequelae of Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury and the Utility of Treatment with Methylphenidate

    Peattie, AlexanderUniversity of Cambridge2023

    … Processing (RVIP) task that evaluates attention, and more specifically, one particular domain, namely sustained attention. I found that patients have deficits in accuracy, sensitivity, and response bias. Patients demonstrate hyperactivity in frontal, parietal, and subcortical structures …

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  12. Effects of Trauma Induced Stress on Attention, Executive Functioning, Processing Speed, and Resilience in Urban Children

    Welsh, Antoinette2013

    … risk for cognitive difficulties, including attention, executive functioning, and processing speed (Blair, Granger, & Razza, 2005; DeBellis, Hooper, & Sapia, 2005). Prevalence rates among urban children suggest that 70-100% have been exposed to trauma (Dempsey, Overstreet, & Moely, 2000; …

    shu-thes Repository record

  13. Does Infants' Socially-guided Attention Uniquely Predict Language Development?

    Wu, QiongVirginia Tech2014

    … study was to examine whether infants' social attention, as well as their joint attention behaviors uniquely predicted emerging language abilities. This longitudinal study examined attention regulation skills, joint attention behaviors, infants' expressive/receptive language (current), emerging …

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  14. Midfrontal Theta Power and Attention in Middle Childhood

    Harrison, J. Douglas Jr.Virginia Tech2023

    Middle childhood is a critical period of attentional development. Previous research has linked neural oscillations in the theta frequency band to controlled attentional and cognitive processes, which has been replicated in children and adults. The development of executive attention, which biases …

    vt Repository record

  15. Results -Based -Management: A Case Study on the Transfer of Management Knowledge to the Trees and Markets Program at the World Tree Centre (Ecoagri) Mali, Timbuktu

    Muraguri-Mwololo, Rosa WanjiruUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2015

    … of time to become widely adopted. They require sustained attention to many factors. Technology acceptance in the wider organization, which includes perceived profitability and congruence of RBM, was low. According to Rogers, 1995 and Hall and Hord, 1987, acceptance has to precede the technical …

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  16. Using instructed response times to compare inattentive responding across paper and online modalities: measuring research participant inattention

    Brooks, Olivia B.

    … (Liu, 2012; Moisala et al., 2016). Additionally, sustained attention decreases with online displays and people tend to spend less time on in-depth reading (Birkerts, 1996) due to fewer spatial cues necessary for comprehension (Liu, 2012; Mangen et al., 2013). 160 college students participated in …

    eastern-wash Repository record

  17. The link between routine diet, attention span and scholastic performance among grade 2 scholars in circuit one in Khomas region

    Tjituri, Elsie2014

    … of Grade 2 scholars’ routine diet; ability for sustained attention within a classroom setting should their routine diet fail to adequately provide sustained glucose and scholastic performance that may result from attention deficits due to presumed poor quality of routine diet. The purpose of …

    namibia Repository record

  18. Simultaneous Media Usage: Effects on Attention

    Gardner, Joni SmithVirginia Tech2008

    … performance cost in learning, and degradation of attention. Related research on dual task performance and multiple-channel processing demonstrates a decline in performance. This study compared sustained attention performance on a cancellation task, the d2 Test of Attention (Brickenkamp & Zillmer, …

    vt Repository record

  19. Neurostructural, Neurofunctional, and Neurocognitive Correlates of Cannabis Use in Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder

    Sultan, Alysha Anne2021

    … on tests of visuo-spatial working memory and sustained attention. Working memory scores were significantly impaired in BDCB+ relative to HC, and sustained attention was significantly impaired in BDCB- relative to HC. This thesis emphasizes the importance of integrating brain-based research to …

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  20. Facilitating Healthy Ageing: Neuroprotective Effects of Mindfulness Practice

    Moore, AWLiverpool John Moores University2013

    … meditation practices involve various attentional skills including the ability to sustain and focus ones attention. During a simple mindfulness based breath awareness meditation, sustained attention is required to maintain focus on the breath while meta-cognitive awareness and executive …

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