'We're not truckin' around': On and off-road in Samuel Wagan Watson's Smoke Encrypted Whispers [PDF]
, 2020 Cars and roads traverse the poetry of Samuel Wagan Watson, a self-identified Aboriginal man of Bundjalung, Birri Gubba, German and Irish ancestry. The narrator/s of the poems in 'Smoke Encrypted' Whispers are repeatedly on the road or beside it, and ...
Bode, Katherine
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Sustained attention can be measured using a brief computerized attention task
Scientific ReportsThe Continuous Visual Attention Test (CVAT) is a test that detects visuomotor reaction time (RT, alertness), variability of reaction time (VRT, sustained attention), omission errors (OE, focused attention), and commission errors (CE, response inhibition).
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Connectome-based neurofeedback: A pilot study to improve sustained attention
NeuroImage, 2020 Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) neurofeedback is a non-invasive, non-pharmacological therapeutic tool that may be useful for training behavior and alleviating clinical symptoms.
Dustin Scheinost +6 more
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Cell Reports, 2016 Sustained attention requires the coordination of neural activity across multiple cortical areas in the frontoparietal network, in particular the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and posterior parietal cortex (PPC).
Kristin K. Sellers +7 more
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Analysis of propagation of multi-channel EEG in the test of sustained attention [PDF]
, 2010 Proceedings of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conference, 2010, p. 1666-1669the psychological construct 'sustained attention' describes a basic component of attention characterized by the subject's readiness to detect rarely and ...
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Acta PsychologicaSustained attention is important for optimal neurobehavioral performance, but many biological and environmental factors (e.g., circadian rhythm, distraction, etc.) may cause sustained attention deficits.It has been suggested that mastication (chewing ...
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Attention and Neurocognitive Impairment in ADHD
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2007 Specific executive functions (EFs) and attention deficit patterns in ADHD subtypes were studied in 50 boys (ages 8-14 years, mean 10.42) with ADHD and 44 controls, at the University of Rome, Italy.
J Gordon Millichap
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Positive valence music restores executive control over sustained attention. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Music sometimes improves performance in sustained attention tasks. But the type of music employed in previous investigations has varied considerably, which can account for equivocal results.
Carryl L Baldwin, Bridget A Lewis
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Federal Workforce: Sustained Attention to Human Capital Leading Practices Can Help Improve Agency Performance [PDF]
, 2017 [Excerpt] A careful consideration of federal pay is an essential part of fiscal stewardship and is necessary to support the recruitment and retention of a talented, agile, and high-performing federal workforce.
Goldenkoff, Robert
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Neuropsychological and functional outcomes in recent-onset major depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders: a longitudinal cohort study [PDF]
, 2015 Functional disability is the lead contributor to burden of mental illness. Cognitive deficits frequently limit functional recovery, although whether changes in cognition and disability are longitudinally associated in recent-onset individuals remains ...
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