Ever Present: Attention and Alertness in the Unawake

Title: Alertness and Visuospatial Attention in Clinical Depression Title: Alertness and Visuospatial Attention in Clinical Depression

1) I am not sure if the trendlevel result for the influence of sad mood on one of the three visuospatial tests is justification enough for the conclusion: “...alertness and – to a lesser extend – sad mood led to left omissions in visuospatial neglect tests”. The manuscript has been changed accordingly (p.2, ll.10-12). Background: 2) In the literature, the term “unilateral neglect” seems to be c...

Alertness and visuospatial attention in clinical depression

BACKGROUND Cognitive deficits are a substantial burden in clinical depression. The present study considered dysfunction in the right-hemispheric attention network in depression, examining alertness and visuospatial attention. METHODS Three computerized visuospatial attention tests and an alertness test were administered to 16 depressive patients and 16 matched healthy controls. RESULTS Alth...

Title: Alertness and Visuospatial Attention in Clinical Depression

Fluctuations in Alertness and Sustained Attention: Predicting Driver Performance

Fatigue has been implicated in an alarming number of motor vehicle accidents, costing billions of dollars and thousands of lives. Unfortunately, the ability to predict performance impairments in complex task domains like driving is limited by a gap in our understanding of the explanatory mechanisms. In this paper, we describe an attempt to generate a priori predictions of degradations in driver...

The influence of essential oils on human attention. I: alertness.

Scientific research on the effects of essential oils on human behavior lags behind the promises made by popular aromatherapy. Nearly all aspects of human behavior are closely linked to processes of attention, the basic level being that of alertness, which ranges from sleep to wakefulness. In our study we measured the influence of essential oils and components of essential oils [peppermint, jasm...