The effects of salty and nonsalty food on peak breath alcohol concentration and divided attention task performance in women

1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-84
Author(s):  
Robin Talbot ◽  
Linda La Grange
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Divided Attention ◽  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Attention Task ◽  
Breath Alcohol ◽  
Divided Attention Task ◽  
Breath Alcohol Concentration

Pain Influences Several Levels of Attention

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Astrid von Bueren Jarchow ◽  
Bogdan P. Radanov ◽  
Lutz Jäncke
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Divided Attention ◽  
Covert Attention ◽  
Attention Task ◽  
Attentional Deficits ◽  
Control Subjects ◽  
Chronic Pain Patients ◽  
Divided Attention Task ◽  
Pain Stimuli ◽  
Pain Patients

Abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine to what extent chronic pain has an impact on various attentional processes. To measure these attention processes a set of experimental standard tests of the “Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung” (TAP), a neuropsychological battery testing different levels of attention, were used: alertness, divided attention, covert attention, vigilance, visual search, and Go-NoGo tasks. 24 chronic outpatients and 24 well-matched healthy control subjects were tested. The control subjects were matched for age, gender, and education. The group of chronic pain patients exhibited marked deficiencies in all attentional functions except for the divided attention task. Thus, the data supports the notion that chronic pain negatively influences attention because pain patients` attention is strongly captivated by the internal pain stimuli. Only the more demanding divided attention task has the capability to distract the focus of attention to the pain stimuli. Therefore, the pain patients are capable of performing within normal limits. Based on these findings chronic pain patients' attentional deficits should be appropriately evaluated and considered for insurance and work related matters. The effect of a successful distraction away from the pain in the divided attention task can also open new therapeutic aspects.

Specific Computerized Attention Training in Stroke and Traumatic Brain-Injured Patients

2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Sturm ◽  
B. Fimm ◽  
A. Cantagallo ◽  
N. Cremel ◽  
P. North ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Divided Attention ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Baseline Period ◽  
Specific Training ◽  
Attention Task ◽  
Baseline Phase ◽  
Computerized Training ◽  
Brain Injured ◽  
Divided Attention Task ◽  
Injured Patients

Abstract: In a multicenter European approach, the efficacy of the AIXTENT computerized training programs for intensity aspects (alertness and vigilance) and selectivity aspects (selective and divided attention) of attention was studied in 33 patients with brain damage of vascular and traumatic etiology. Each patient received training in one of two most impaired of the four attention domains. Control tests were performed by means of a standardized computerized attention test battery (TAP) comprising tests for the four attention functions. Assessment was carried out at the beginning and at the end of a four week baseline period and after the training period of 14 one-hour sessions. At the end of the baseline phase, there was only slight but significant improvement for the most complex attention function, divided attention (number of omissions). After the training, there were significant specific training effects for both intensity aspects (alertness and vigilance) and also for the number of omissions in the divided attention task. The application of inferential single case procedures revealed a high number of significant improvements in individual cases after specific training of alertness and vigilance problems. On the other hand, a non specific training addressing selectivity aspects of attention lead either to improvement or deterioration of alertness and vigilance performance. The results corroborate the findings of former studies with the same training instrument but in patients with different lesion etiologies.

Functional Mobility in a Divided Attention Task in Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 378-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila de Melo Borges ◽  
Márcia Radanovic ◽  
Orestes Vicente Forlenza
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Divided Attention ◽  
Functional Mobility ◽  
Attention Task ◽  
Divided Attention Task

Baseline breath alcohol concentration in Nigerian commercial drivers and motorcyclists

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-57
Author(s):  
Fadekemi Olufunmilayo Oginni ◽  
Richard Ayodeji Adewole ◽  
Michael Olayinka Adeyemi
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Concentration ◽  
Breath Alcohol ◽  
Commercial Drivers ◽  
Breath Alcohol Concentration
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