Flanker interference in sustained visual attention

Visual working memory as visual attention sustained internally over time.

Visual working memory and visual attention are intimately related, such that working memory encoding and maintenance reflects actively sustained attention to a limited number of visual objects and events important for ongoing cognition and action. Although attention is typically considered to operate over perceptual input, a recent taxonomy proposes to additionally consider how attention can be...

Flanker Interference in Younger and Older Adults: Does Training Influence Focusing of Attention? by

The hands shield attention from visual interference.

Recent investigations have revealed enhanced processing of information that is presented within hand space. A potential consequence of such enhancement could be that simultaneous processing of information outside of hand space is diminished, but this possibility has yet to be tested. Here, we considered the possibility that the hands can serve as a natural remedy for unwanted interference, by a...

Detecting deficits of sustained visual attention in delirium.

BACKGROUND Inattention is a core clinical feature of delirium and yet the particular aspects of attentional impairment associated with this feature are poorly understood. Objective methods for assessing inattention are also lacking. A new set of computerised tests of attentional deficits designed for use in patients with delirium have been developed. Test performances in patients with delirium,...

Auditory and visual sustained attention in Down syndrome.

BACKGROUND Sustained attention (SA) is important to task performance and development of higher functions. It emerges as a separable component of attention during preschool and shows incremental improvements during this stage of development. AIMS The current study investigated if auditory and visual SA match developmental level or are particular challenges for youth with DS. Further, we sought...