TWO BRAIN REGIONS LINKED TO ATTENTION

United Press International;  February 25, 2004 ;     220 words ......International 02-25-2004 Two brain regions linked to attention DAVIS, Calif., Feb 25, 2004...frontal lobe interact to keep attention on track and minimize errors...could improve understanding of attention disorders, according to a...

The deployment of attention in short-term memory tasks: Trade-offs between...

Memory & Cognition;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Memory at times depends on attention, as when attention is used to encode incoming, serial verbal information. When encoding and rehearsal are difficult or when attention is divided during list presentation, more attention is...

Competing for attention

New Straits Times;  September 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Straits Times 09-05-2001 Competing for attention Byline: Reviewed by Brian Cracknell Edition...Business wise Type: Book review Title: The Attention Economy Authors: Thomas H. Davenport...to customers to attract and keep their attention. Now Thomas H. Davenport and John C...

Allocation of visual attention depends on type of precue.(Statistical Data...

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...ATTENTION IS IMPORTANT FOR SURVIVAL in many different ways. The study of attention has been of interest to scientists since the beginning...nonhuman primates (Mirsky, 1987), as well as in humans. Attention to particular substances helps to determine diet, and...

Localization judgments under various levels of attention

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...We investigated the effects of attention on localization with two converging manipulations of attention. The results indicated that whereas attention improved localization, minimally attended stimuli were nonetheless localized fairly accurately...

HUMANS, CHIMPS USE SIMILAR BRAIN REGIONS TO IDENTIFY FACES (RE-ISSUE)

The Hindustan Times;  December 21, 2008 ;     418 words ......Chimpanzees recognize faces by utilizing some of the same brain regions used by humans to identify familiar faces, a new study suggests. This is the first study to examine brain activity in chimpanzees after they attempt to match...process faces similarly. We wondered whether similar brain ...

HUMANS, CHIMPS USE SIMILAR BRAIN REGIONS TO IDENTIFY FACES

The Hindustan Times;  December 19, 2008 ;     418 words ......Chimpanzees recognize faces by utilizing some of the same brain regions used by humans to identify familiar faces, a new study suggests. This is the first study to examine brain activity in chimpanzees after they attempt to match...process faces similarly. We wondered whether similar brain ...

Psychometric properties and correlates of the Robert Morris attention...

Reading Improvement;  March 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...A brief self-report measure of attention for college students, the Robert Morris Attention Scale (RMAS), was administered to two samples...information through reading without paying attention (Woolfolk, 1993). It is likely, then, that...

STROKE DAMAGE KEEPS BRAIN REGIONS FROM 'TALKING' TO EACH OTHER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......communication between brain regions. In the March 15 issue...impair the function of brain regions not directly harmed...have trouble paying attention to one side - they...activity in different brain regions, providing a peek...particularly close attention to the ...

Attention based visual processes

Canadian Psychology;  February 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Attention is often compared to a spotlight or focus of enhanced processing. We have found that this gain comes...judgements of positions of stimuli surrounding an attended event are distorted, repelled away from the attentional focus. But there is more to attention than just selection. Our work shows that ...

Brain regions that make sense of speech identified

The Hindustan Times;  December 20, 2007 ;     353 words ......researchers say that they have identified brain regions where speech sounds are perceived as...and radio waves image blood flow in brain regions and reflect brain activity in such...which enabled them to distinguish brain regions that were active in abstract processing...

Brains hammer home categorical knowledge. (processing of categorical...

Science News;  February 17, 1996 ;     509 words ......categories of objects-gets handled by largely separate networks of brain regions. The organization of these networks reflects, at least in...technique provided an indirect look at whether particular brain regions worked harder or eased up during the tasks. The researchers...

Specific Brain Regions of Female Rats Are Differentially Depleted of...

The Journal of Nutrition;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......PUFA-deficient diet were examined in 8 specific brain regions of female rats after undergoing 2 sequential...previously measured in male rats. All brain regions examined were affected by reproductive...n-6) DPA, 22:5(n-6)) varied among brain regions. In low-ALA parous dams, frontal ...

HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY MODELS OF ATTENTION PROCESSES WITH...

Education;  December 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ...A brief historical review of research into attention and attention processes along with a description of current models...people visually perceive stimuli. Components of attention are identified along with implications for learning...

An Overview of Attention: Behavior and Brain

Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......of this review is to provide an overview of attention as it has been studied in the field of psychology...theory are highlighted, focusing on concepts of attentional resources and attentional effort. In addition, a functional approach to...