Abstract: Most cognitive psychological studies assume that participants in lab-based tasks maintain a single goal based on task instructions. However, people can be motivated by other factors, such as curiosity. We examined if people attend to seemingly ...
Zusammenfassung: Die Untersuchung befaßt sich mit der Frage, ob Aufmerksamkeit, Intelligenz und Verarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit als zentrale Komponenten von «mentaler Leistungsfähigkeit» aufgefaßt werden können. Dazu wurden die Zusammenhänge zwischen ...
Additional Standard Data of Elderly Subjects to the Alertness Sub-Test from the German Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (TAP)Abstract: The normative data contained in the German Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (TAP) is applicable to test ...
Evaluation of a Neuropsychological Training of Attentional Functions for Brain Damaged OutpatientsAbstract: Within the scope of an experimental study design the efficacy of an outpatient neuropsychological attention training was studied in 20 patients ...
Factor Structure of Different Neuropsychological Tests - Results of a Retrospective Study with Brain-Damaged PatientsAbstract: The tests results of 153 brain-damaged patients were factor analyzed. Their structure was examined. The factor analysis of 33 ...
Attention and Mood under the Influence of Stress HormonesThe study was designed for assessment of the effects of the stress hormones corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) and cortisol released by the hypothalamic-...
Self-Perceived Descriptions of Attention: A Comparison Between Brain Damaged Patients and Healthy SubjectsAbstract: A new questionnaire of self perceived descriptions of attention was provided. N = 111 students and N = 45 brain damaged patients were ...
Changes in Attention Due to Lorazepam (Benzodiazepine)Abstract: Clinical evidence and the findings from experimental studies suggest that attention deteriorates under the influence of benzodiazepines. The purpose of the present study was to determine ...
Contingent Negative Variation (CNV) in Children with Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder - An Experimental Study Using the Continuous Performance Test (CPT)SummaryObjectives: Evaluation of event-related potentials for selective attention in ...
Does a Cognitive Training Produce the Expected Effect? A Comparison of Reasoning and Attentional Behavior TrainingAbstract: The present experiment tests the hypotheses that inductive reasoning training fosters inductive reasoning and attentional behavior ...
Does Chewing Gum Enhance Cognitive Abilities? Two Rather Extraordinary ExperimentsBased on a few methodically weak studies with small samples, the mass media frequently claims that chewing gum has a positive impact on learning efficiency, concentration, ...
Optimizing medication intake in patients with chronic liver diseaseAbstract. Non-adherence in patients with chronic liver disease is a problem resulting in various consequences ranging from disease deterioration to death. Insufficient medication ...
Abstract: Numerous outcome studies have indicated that fatigue is one of the most universal and persistent problems reported following traumatic brain injury (TBI). The present study will examine fatigue following TBI, as reported subjectively, its ...
Abstract: Behavioral and PET/fMRI-data are presented to delineate the functional networks subserving alertness, sustained attention, and vigilance as different aspects of attention intensity. The data suggest that a mostly right-hemisphere frontal, ...
Abstract: The objectives of this review paper were to demonstrate whether there are separable attentional processes related to the frontal lobes, and to illustrate procedures on how to examine this question. Distinctions among frontal lobe attentional ...
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 ...
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” (...
Neuropsychological Performance in Patients with Narcolepsy with Special Emphasis on AttentionAbstract: Attention and memory problems are presumably responsible for a variety of everyday life problems in patients with narcolepsy. Nevertheless, relatively ...
Training Effects in the TAP Subtests Go/Nogo and Divided Attention as well as in the Attention to Detail Test d2Abstract: The aim of the present study was to test whether participants can improve their performance in two different TAP (testbattery for ...
Zusammenfassung. Essstörungen stellen eine wichtige psychiatrische Behandlungsindikation dar. Es ist bekannt, dass bei diesen Erkrankungen auch klinisch relevante kognitive Defizite und Auffälligkeiten in der Informationsverarbeitung bestehen, die im ...Neuropsychological Impairments and Cognitive Processing of Food-Stimuli in Anorexia nervosaSummary. Eating disorders are common and severe psychiatric problems. In the present paper we review cognitive impairments in anorexia nervosa in different ...