Combating Vigilance Decrements in a Sustained Attention Task: Examination of Two Cognitive Intervention Schedules for a Secondary Task

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Carretta ◽  
Guy A. French
Keyword(s):  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Secondary Task ◽  
Cognitive Intervention ◽  
Attention Task

Assessing the effects of caffeine and theanine on the maintenance of vigilance during a sustained attention task

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (7) ◽  
pp. 2320-2327 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Foxe ◽  
Kristen P. Morie ◽  
Peter J. Laud ◽  
Matthew J. Rowson ◽  
Eveline A. de Bruin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Attention Task

Deficits in a sustained attention task following nicotine withdrawal in rats

2004 ◽  
Vol 178 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 211-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Shoaib ◽  
Lisiane Bizarro
Keyword(s):  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Nicotine Withdrawal ◽  
Attention Task

Acute Exercise and Sustained Attention on Memory Function

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-332
Author(s):  
Audreaiona Waters ◽  
Liye Zou ◽  
Myungjin Jung ◽  
Qian Yu ◽  
Jingyuan Lin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Sustained Attention ◽  
Acute Exercise ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Function ◽  
Long Term Memory ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Attention Task ◽  
Term Memory

Objective: Sustained attention is critical for various activities of daily living, including engaging in health-enhancing behaviors and inhibition of health compromising behaviors. Sustained attention activates neural networks involved in episodic memory function, a critical cognition for healthy living. Acute exercise has been shown to activate these same neural networks. Thus, it is plausible that engaging in a sustained attention task and engaging in a bout of acute exercise may have an additive effect in enhancing memory function, which was the purpose of this experiment. Methods: 23 young adults (Mage = 20.7 years) completed 2 visits, with each visit occurring approximately 24 hours apart, in a counterbalanced order, including: (1) acute exercise with sustained attention, and (2) sustained attention only. Memory was assessed using a word-list paradigm and included a short- and long-term memory assessment. Sustained attention was induced via a sustained attention to response task (SART). Acute exercise involved a 15-minute bout of moderate-intensity exercise. Results: Short-term memory performance was significantly greater than long-term memory, Mdiff = 1.86, p < .001, and short-term memory for Exercise with Sustained Attention was significantly greater than short-term memory for Sustained Attention Only, Mdiff = 1.50, p = .01. Conclusion: Engaging in an acute bout of exercise before a sustained attention task additively influenced short-term memory function.

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