This study is the first to report the benefits of spatial covert attention on contrast sensitivity in a wide range of spatial frequencies when a target alone was presented in the absence of a local post-mask. We used a peripheral precue (a small circle indicating the target location) to explore the effects of covert spatial attention on contrast sensitivity as assessed by orientation discrimina...

Successful learning requires that individuals integrate information from the external environment with their own internal representations. In this article, we consider the role that mind wandering plays in education. Mind wandering represents a state of decoupled attention because, instead of processing information from the external environment, our attention is directed toward our own private ...

Successful learning requires that individuals integrate information from the external environment with their own internal representations. In this paper we consider the role that mind-wandering plays in education. Mind-wandering represents a state of decoupled attention because instead of processing information from the external environment our attention is directed to our own private thoughts ...

Intervention: The intervention consisted of a 10-week group (with weekly 2-hour sessions) of a Mindful Attention Program (MAP) designed to facilitate a non-localized awareness (the ability to balance both internal and external awareness) through guided mindful meditation. The treatment involved an increased awareness of internal and external experiences through attentive meditation and cultivat...

background: e-learning could increase efficiency teaching process and higher quality of education. the aim of this study was to determine the factors related to elearning intention based on the adoption technology model (atm). methods: this cross-sectional study, conducted among 150 faculty members of kermanshah university of medical science. participants were randomly selected to participate v...

Open innovation has attracted widespread attention. A number of critical voices have recently surfaced who have called for a more rounded assessment that moves beyond the firm and the focus on benefits. In response, this paper provides a counterpoint to the positivity with a focus on labour issues and external actors. Attention is directed towards crowdsourcing and the ways in which firms have ...

The purpose of this study was to examine self-reinforcement as an agent of behavior change with children who were deficient in desired attention behaviors. Twenty three first and second grade school children were taught through external reinforcement procedures to raise their level of attention on a simple discrimination task. Subjects in one group were then taught to manage their cwn reinforce...

The main objective of the current study was to examine the effects attentional focus had on agility performance with a population of highly trained tennis players performing the " T "-test. It was hypothesized that agility performance would be enhanced in this expert population through the means of adopting an external focus of attention rather than either an internal focus, or no specific focu...

To investigate whether processes controlling preparatory covert shifts of spatial attention operate within external and anatomically defined spatial coordinates, lateralized event-related potentials components sensitive to the direction of attentional shifts were measured in response to visual precues directing attention to the relevant location of tactile events. Participants had to detect inf...

Visual attention can increase spatial resolution even when it leads to a decrease in performance. Whether this effect is mediated by reduction of external noise or by signal enhancement is an unsettled question. Although we previously demonstrated that attention can improve speed and accuracy in an acuity task, those experiments made use of a local postmask, which could be considered a source o...