Abstract.Background: In a goalkeeping task that entailed intercepting fast-approaching balls, the present research examined whether training under conditions more intense than those of a subsequent test yields a performance improvement. Methods: Fifty ...
Attention and memory in anxiety and depressionAbstract.Anxiety and depression are among the most frequent mental disorders. Regarding their origin and maintenance, biases of cognitive processes are supposed to play an important role. Assumptions about ...
Dimension-based attention in visual searchAbstract. This artical reviews recent studies demonstrating the role of dimension-based visual attention in visual search for singleton targets across dimensions. In the search experiments, observers had to ...
Sensory memory and attentional control as a pre-requisite for working memory processesAbstract. Typically, working memory models stress the function of maintaining information in the service of higher cognitive functions. We discuss another aspect of ...
Zusammenfassung. In der Sondierreiz-Aufgabe von Posner und Boies (1971) muss mit zwei Fingern einer Hand eine Wahlreaktionsaufgabe (Primäraufgabe) bearbeit werden, während mit der anderen Hand eine Einfachreaktion auf zufällig eingestreute Sondierreize ...
High frequency oscillatory neural activities in the human brainAbstract. Synchronized neural activity in animal visual cortex in the frequency range above 20 Hz, the gamma band, has been proposed as a signature of temporal feature binding. More and more ...
Abstract. Three experiments with an arithmetic working memory task examine the object switch effect first reported by Garavan (1998; Garavan (1998), which was interpreted as evidence for a focus of attention within working memory. Experiments 1a and 1b ...
Zusammenfassung. In zwei Untersuchungen mit N = 117 und N = 90 Studierenden wurde die Struktur von Konzentrationstestleistungen mit Hilfe von konfirmatorischen Faktorenanalysen untersucht. Die Probanden bearbeiteten insgesamt 11 bzw. 10 Tests zur ...
Assessment of Mental Rotation Performance at Primary School Age. A Computer-Based Test Procedure for First to Third Grades (cMR)Abstract: Mental rotation performance as a part of visuospatial skills is closely related to mathematical ...
Zusammenfassung. Wird visuell-räumliche Reizinformation automatisch verarbeitet? Psychologische Experimente scheinen das zu belegen. Reize, die plötzlich am Rand des Blickfelds erscheinen, ziehen die Aufmerksamkeit unwillkürlich auf den Ort ihres ...
When fear and anxiety derail: The pathology of the human defense systemAbstract. From the perspective of Biological Psychology, fear and anxiety are emotional states that activate a defense system in the mammalian brain. This defense system regulates the ...
Working memory: the past, the present, and the future of a theoretical constructAbstract. Working memory provides a theoretical framework for the analysis of maintenance of information in the context of subsequent cognitive processes and associated ...
Verbal short-term memory as the result of interactions between attention, order processing, and language activationAbstract. This paper investigates the potential specificity of verbal short-term memory in the light of its relation with lexical language ...
Cognitive control of attention intensity: Functional neuroanatomyAbstract. Functional networks for the cognitive control of intensity aspects of attention subserve both the short time regulation of attentional activation level (alertness) as well as long ...
Zusammenfassung. Obwohl negative Beziehungen zwischen Fernsehkonsum und Schriftspracherwerb inzwischen in zahlreichen Studien belegt werden konnten, ließ sich die Frage nach wesentlichen Wirkmechanismen bislang nur unzureichend klären. In der hier ...Attention as a mediator of the relationship between television and school achievementAbstract. Although there is evidence for a negative relationship between TV consumption and literacy acquisition, the role of potential causal mechanisms remains ...
Zusammenfassung. In einer systematischen Beobachtung im Klassenzimmer wurde untersucht, ob sich das Arbeitsverhalten von Schülerinnen und Schülern in gymnasialen Begabtenklassen im Unterricht vom Arbeitsverhalten von Schülerinnen und Schülern in regulären ...Work habits in secondary school classes for the gifted: A systematic observation studyAbstract. Using systematic observation of lessons we investigated whether the work habits of students in secondary classes for the gifted (Gymnasium track) differ from ...
Stroke in children. Neuropsychological aspectsAbstract. Stroke in childhood and adolescence is a rare pediatric disease. Children affected by stroke suffer from neurological and neuropsychological impairments. The character and the complexity of ...
Autistische Störungen (ASD) sind definiert durch Einschränkungen der sozialen Interaktion, Kommunikation und Sprache sowie durch stereotypes Verhalten und Sonderinteressen. Zusätzlich sind neuropsychologische Besonderheiten beschrieben worden. Methoden: ...
The clinical validity of a computerized test battery for attentional performance for children (KITAP) in the diagnosis of ADHD in children aged 7 – 10 yearsNeuropsychological tests have been shown to discriminate between children with and without ...