Assessment of sustained and divided attention in rats: aspects of validity Page 1 The article on
“Behavioral approaches to the assessment of attention in animals” by Bushnell (1998; see …

Increasing awareness that disorders of attention may underlie cognitive dysfunctions
associated with intoxication and neurodegenerative disease has stimulated research into …

The theory of visual attention,“TVA”, is an influential and formal theory of attentional
selection. It is widely applied in clinical assessment of attention and fundamental attention …

Objective Visual attention helps us to selectively process relevant information and is crucial
in our everyday interactions with the environment. Not surprisingly, it is one of the cognitive …

Abstract Rationale Continuous performance tests (CPTs) are widely used to assess
attentional processes in a variety of disorders including Alzheimer's disease and …

The deficits of attention result in significant impairment in daily life, and pharmacological
intervention to improve attention is the most effective treatment in clinics. However, methods …

Non-medical use of prescription stimulants amongst college students is common, with
claims of cognitive and academic benefits. The mechanism, magnitude, and pervasiveness …

Disturbances in attentional processes are a common feature of several psychiatric disorders
such as schizophrenia, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and Huntington's disease. The …

Visual attention enables us to prioritise behaviourally relevant visual information while
ignoring distraction. The neural networks supporting attention are modulated by two …

Rationale The five-choice serial reaction time task (5-CSRTT) is regularly used to study
attention and impulsivity. In the 5-CSRTT, rodents initiate a trial, then after an inter-trial …