Attention

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Effects of depressed mood on objective and subjective measures of attention.

People with depression report frequent cognitive failures, but objective measures of cognition show mixed results. Some studies show impairment on effortful tasks. The relationship between subjective and objective cognitive failures was studied in 102 ...
Lydia Farrin, Lisa Hull, Catherine Unwin, Til Wykes, Anthony David (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003WINTER)
effects-depressed-mood-objective-subjective-measures-attention.asp

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Frontal and temporal lobe sources for a marker of controlled auditory attention: the negative difference (Nd) event-related potential.

Frontal and temporal lobe sources for electrical activity associated with auditory controlled attention (negative difference, Nd) were sought for comparison with those reported to arise from the earlier detection of stimulus-change (mismatch negativity, ...
Boutheina Jemel, Robert D Oades, Ljubov Oknina, Christiane Achenbach, Bernd Röpcke (Brain Topogr, 2003SUMMER)
frontal-temporal-lobe-sources-marker-controlled-auditory-attention.asp

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Mechanisms of differences in gating effects on short-and long-latency somatosensory evoked potentials relating to movement.

We investigated the mechanisms underlying the differences in gating effects on short- and long-latency somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) relating to movement. SEPs were recorded in normal subjects for 6 different tasks in Experiment 1: Control, ...
Hiroki Nakata, Koji Inui, Toshiaki Wasaka, Yoshiaki Nishihira, Ryusuke Kakigi (Brain Topogr, 2003SUMMER)
mechanisms-differences-gating-effects-short-long-latency.asp

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The effects of deep diaphragmatic breathing and focused attention on dental anxiety in a private practice setting.

PURPOSE: High dental anxiety is pervasive and associated with treatment avoidance and poor oral health. Ideally, anxiety reduction techniques should be easy to use, low in cost, non-pharmacological, comfortable, and effective. This study compared the ...
Quinn M Biggs, Kimberly S Kelly, J David Toney (J Dent Hyg, 2003SPRING)
effects-deep-diaphragmatic-breathing-focused-attention-dental-anxiety.asp

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Inhibition and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults.

The inhibitory account of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was tested by examining the performance of college-aged adults on a variety of inhibitory tasks. The poorer performance of adults with ADHD compared with controls on negative ...
Janet M Ossmann, Neil W Mulligan (Am J Psychol, 2003SPRING)
inhibition-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adults.asp

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Magical ideation modulates spatial behavior.

Previous research has found that animals as well as persons with psychotic disorders preferentially orient away from the cerebral hemisphere with the more active dopamine system. This study investigated the modulation of spatial behavior by a mode of ...
Christine Mohr, H Stefan Bracha, Peter Brugger (J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci, 2003SPRING)
magical-ideation-modulates-spatial-behavior.asp

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Rate dependency revisited: understanding the effects of methylphenidate in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Although stimulants are widely prescribed for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), their calming effects are not easily understood. One hypothesis derived from preclinical studies is that stimulants exert "rate-dependent" ...
Martin H Teicher, Ann Polcari, Carl M Anderson, Susan L Andersen, Steven B Lowen, Carryl P Navalta (J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol, 2003SPRING)
rate-dependency-revisited-understanding-effects-methylphenidate.asp

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Error in skilled performance: a control model of prescribing.

A control model of skilled performance is proposed as a framework for understanding why prescribing errors occur at a particular rate. Model error rate depends on skill level, system design characteristics, the range of different types of prescriptions ...
Richard S Marken (Ergonomics, 200310)
error-skilled-performance-control-model-prescribing.asp

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Similar effects of attention directed to acoustic and tactile stimuli on prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle.

Prepulse inhibition (PPI) is assumed to index automatic and controlled processing. In three experiments (n= 32, 22, and 30) participants were asked to judge the duration of a prepulse in comparison with a stimulus presented 4000 ms before the prepulse. A ...
Ake Elden, Magne A Flaten (Scand J Psychol, 200309)
similar-effects-attention-directed-acoustic-tactile-stimuli-prepulse.asp

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Orienting of attention and Parkinsons disease: tactile inhibition of return and response inhibition.

There is growing evidence for cognitive impairments in Parkinsons disease (PD), including in the orienting of attention and inhibition of return (IOR). IOR refers to the slowing of a response to a target stimulus presented in the same location as a ...
Ellen Poliakoff, Donald J OBoyle, A Peter Moore, Francis P McGlone, Frederick W J Cody, Charles Spence (Brain, 200309)
orienting-attention-parkinson-s-disease-tactile-inhibition-return.asp