Measuring the workload of sustained attention

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor S. Finomore ◽  
Joel S. Warm ◽  
Gerry Matthews ◽  
Michael A. Riley ◽  
William N. Dember ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustained Attention

Speeded Paper-Pencil Sustained Attention and Mental Speed Tests

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Krumm ◽  
Lothar Schmidt-Atzert ◽  
Kurt Michalczyk ◽  
Vanessa Danthiir
Keyword(s):  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Perceptual Speed ◽  
Speed Factor ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Task Processing ◽  
Order Factor

Mental speed (MS) and sustained attention (SA) are theoretically distinct constructs. However, tests of MS are very similar to SA tests that use time pressure as an impeding condition. The performance in such tasks largely relies on the participants’ speed of task processing (i.e., how quickly and correctly one can perform the simple cognitive tasks). The present study examined whether SA and MS are empirically the same or different constructs. To this end, 24 paper-pencil and computerized tests were administered to 199 students. SA turned out to be highly related to MS task classes: substitution and perceptual speed. Furthermore, SA showed a very close relationship with the paper-pencil MS factor. The correlation between SA and computerized speed was considerably lower but still high. In a higher-order general speed factor model, SA had the highest loading on the higher-order factor; the higher-order factor explained 88% of SA variance. It is argued that SA (as operationalized with tests using time pressure as an impeding condition) and MS cannot be differentiated, at the level of broad constructs. Implications for neuropsychological assessment and future research are discussed.

Effect of MK-801 on sustained attention in rats

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. M. Sukhanov ◽  
O. A. Dravolina ◽  
E. E. Zvartau ◽  
A. Y. Bespalov
Keyword(s):  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Mk 801

Abstinence-Induced Decrements in Sustained Attention Predict Relapse in Smoking Cessation

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole S. Kang ◽  
Cendrine D. Robinson ◽  
David Wetter ◽  
Paul Cinciripini ◽  
Yisheng Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Sustained Attention

External modulation of the sustained attention network in traumatic brain injury.

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 541-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadine M. Richard ◽  
Charlene O'Connor ◽  
Ayan Dey ◽  
Ian H. Robertson ◽  
Brian Levine
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Attention Network ◽  
External Modulation
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