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 ...
Es wird ein selektiver Überblick über Einsatzmöglichkeiten von ereigniskorrelierten Hirnpotenzialen (EKPs) in der neuropsychologischen Einzelfalldiagnostik gegeben. Dabei wird zunächst auf die neurophysiologischen Grundlagen und einzelne wichtige ...
Die Skala zur Erfassung von Aufmerksamkeitsproblemen (SEA) ist ein Selbst- und Fremdbeurteilungsverfahren zur Erfassung von Beeinträchtigungen der Aufmerksamkeit. Zur Untersuchung der psychometrischen Eigenschaften der SEA wurden 202 Patienten mit ...
Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, die im deutschen Sprachraum verfügbaren Aufmerksamkeitstests einzelnen Aufmerksamkeitskomponenten zuzuordnen und zu charakterisieren. Zur Klärung des Konstrukts Aufmerksamkeit werden konzeptuelle Überlegungen angestellt, eine ...
Although computerized attention tests are used frequently, our knowledge about the convergent and predictive validity of these tests is limited. In the present study, 47 stroke and traumatic brain injury patients performed the Attention Network Test (ANT) ...
In der vorliegenden Untersuchung sollte geprüft werden, inwieweit die Theta-Beta-Ratio ein geeignetes Maß für Neurofeedback ist. Bei einer Gruppe Gesunder sowie einer Gruppe hirngeschädigter Patienten wurde hierzu eine Einzelsitzung Neurofeedback mit der ...
Bei der Entwicklung der Verfahren der Testbatterie Wahrnehmungs- und Aufmerksamkeitsfunktionen (WAF: Sturm, 2006) kommt der theoriegeleiteten Operationalisierung einer aktuellen Aufmerksamkeitstaxonomie (vgl. Van Zomeren & Brouwer, 1994; Posner und ...
Die Verwendung von Kompensationsstrategien im Umgang mit Aufmerksamkeitsstörungen wurde bislang in der Klinischen Neuropsychologie nicht systematisch untersucht. Ein Grund für diesen Neglect ist darin zu sehen, dass momentan kaum entsprechende Fragebögen ...
Construction of a Questionnaire for Complaints of Cognitive Disturbances in Patients with Mental DisordersThe present study aimed at a first evaluation of the new developed questionnaire for complaints of cognitive disturbances (FLei) in patients with ...
Clinical Validity of the Kaufman-Computerized Assessment Battery in the Assessment of Children with ADHDThis study examined the utility of the PASS theory of intelligence (Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive) as measured by the K-CAB for ...
Memory and Learning Abilities in Children and Adolescents with acquired Brain InjuriesDeficits in memory and attention are common features after brain injury. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of deficits in attention (TAP-alertness) in ...
Evaluation of the Neuropsychological Group Training ATTENTIONER for Attention Therapy with Children and AdolescentsThe neuropsychological group training ATTENTIONER to treat children and adolescents with attention deficit disorders allows the targeted ...
We assessed whether video game experience exerts substantial influence on standardised measures of driving skill. Three subject groups (n = 90) with different video game experiences (frequent, moderate and without extensive experience) performed standard ...
Daten zur Retest-Stabilität von sechs Untertests der „Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung für Kinder” (KITAP) wurden an einer klinisch-sozialpädiatrischen Stichprobe von 64 sechs- bis siebenjährigen Kindern über ein Retestintervall von 14 – 28 Tagen ...
Der Trail Making Test (TMT) ist ein international weit verbreitetes Verfahren, das z. B. zur Untersuchung von Patienten mit erworbenen Hirnschädigungen eingesetzt wird. Die Performanz im TMT wird mit unterschiedlichen neuropsychologischen Domänen, wie z. ...
Neuropsychological Assessment of Adult ADHDADHD can be regarded as a multidimensional disorder often accompanied by neuropsychological impairments. Not only attention intensity, attention control and executive functions are affected but also additional ...
The Computerized Test Battery for Attentional Performance for Children (KITAP): Relations with Working Memory and Perceptual SpeedThe present study explores relationships between different aspects of attention (subtests of KITAP: Distractibility, ...
Objective: Relatively little is known about the effects of low-dose alcohol effects on attentional performance in adolescents. In the present study, we examined these effects compared to those in adults. Method: 44 healthy subjects (21 adolescents and 23 ...
Negative Antwortverzerrungen werden quantitativ mit expliziten Beschwerdenvalidierungstests oder mit eingebetteten Parametern untersucht. Es wird die Kriteriumsvalidität der Standardabweichung von Reaktionszeiten als eingebetteter Parameter zur ...
Weltweit liegen aktuell nur sehr wenige Studien zur kognitiven Leistungsfähigkeit bei Jugendlichen mit regelmäßigem Cannabiskonsum vor und die Befundlage dazu ist nicht eindeutig. Um potentielle Leistungsunterschiede zu erheben, wurden 20 Jugendliche mit ...
Abstract. Initially we assessed self-rated cognitive deficits, depression and quality of life in MS patients and healthy controls (n = 299) by an online survey. Secondly, attention performance of MS outpatients (n = 33) was objectively assessed by the ...
Mindfulness-based Therapy of Cognitive FunctionsAbstract. In the last decades, the practice of mindfulness has become into the focus of clinical psychology and medicine. In the recent past, researchers have also investigated whether mindfulness ...
Subjective ratings and objective cognitive performance in mentally healthy individualsAbstract. Neuropsychological studies show equivocal results for the relationship between subjective and objective measures of cognitive performance. Cognitive ...
Cognitive biases and metacognition in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)Abstract. The psychological and cognitive impairments from multiple sclerosis (MS) have been in the focus of both patients and physicians for several ...
Abstract. Neurocognitive deficits in patients with mental disorders are partially due to secondary influences. “Stereotype threat” denotes the phenomenon that performance is compromised when a participant is ...
Abstract: Although objective attention deficits have been well established in aphasia patients, there is little evidence of subjective attention deficits since these are mostly assessed with rating scales and ...
The Construct and Criterion-Related Validity of the TAP and KiTAP Neuropsychological Test Batteries in Elementary-School ChildrenAbstract: Despite the widespread use of the Test Battery of Attentional Performance (...
Many studies have demonstrated a gaze-cuing effect in humans, whereby observers are quicker to respond to targets in locations cued by others’ gaze direction than they are to respond to uncued targets. Although researchers have generally suggested that ...
Empirical research has demonstrated associations between heart rate variability (HRV) and the regulation of emotion and behavior. Similarly, self-regulation of attention to one’s experience of the present moment in an accepting and nonjudgmental manner is ...
Computer use generally requires manual interaction with human-computer interfaces. In this experiment, we studied the influence of manual response preparation on co-occurring shifts of attention to information on a computer screen. The participants were ...