Sustained-Paced Finger Tapping: A Novel Approach to Measure Internal Sustained Attention
Sustained-Paced Finger Tapping: A Novel Approach to Measure Internal Sustained Attention
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持续节奏的手指敲击：测量内部持续注意力的新方法
作者：
M. Petilli;D. C. Trisolini;R. Daini
持续的注意力是所有认知功能的基本先决条件，其损害是发育性和获得性神经系统疾病的常见后果。迄今为止，所有的持续注意任务都严重依赖于对外部刺激的选择性注意。选择性注意和持续性注意之间的相互作用是评估领域的一个限制，可能会误导研究人员或扭曲结论。本前瞻性研究的目的是提出一个持续版本的手指敲击（S-PFT）测试作为一种新的方法来衡量持续的注意力，不利用外部刺激。在这里，我们管理的S-PFT和其他注意任务（视觉持续注意，视觉空间注意能力，选择性注意，并分配注意任务）85名青少年。因此，我们提供的证据表明，S-PFT是有效的，随着时间的推移，持续注意力任务的一个重要商标，造成性能递减。我们还提出了描述性统计显示S-PFT和其他注意任务之间的关系。这些分析表明，与视觉持续注意力测试不同，内部持续注意力任务的表现与选择性注意力和视觉空间注意力能力的测量无关。我们的研究结果表明，S-PFT可以代表一个有前途的和替代的工具，无论是实证研究和临床评估的持续注意。
Sustained attention is a fundamental prerequisite for all cognitive functions and its impairment is a common aftermath of both developmental and acquired neurological disorders. To date, all the sustained attention tasks rely heavily on selective attention to external stimuli. The interaction between selective and sustained attention represents a limit in the field of assessment and may mislead researchers or distort conclusions. The aim of the present perspective study was to propose a sustained version of the Paced Finger Tapping (S-PFT) test as a novel approach to measure sustained attention that does not leverage external stimuli. Here, we administered S-PFT and other attentional tasks (visual sustained attention, visuospatial attention capacity, selective attention, and divided attention tasks) to 85 adolescents. Thus, we provide evidence suggesting that S-PFT is effective in causing performance decrement over time, an important trademark of sustained attention tasks. We also present descriptive statistics showing the relationship between S-PFT and the other attentional tasks. These analyses show that, unlike visual sustained attention tests, performances to our task of internal sustained attention were not correlated to measures of selective attention and visuospatial attention capacity. Our results suggest that S-PFT could represent a promising and alternative tool both for empirical research and clinical assessment of sustained attention.
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作者：
Brainard, DH
通讯作者：
Brainard, DH