Of the three subtypes of attention outlined by the attentional subsystems model, alerting
(vigilance or arousal needed for task completion) and executive control (the ability to inhibit …

Healthy aging may be accompanied by cognitive decline that includes diminished
attentional control, an executive function that allows us to focus our attention while inhibiting …

Previous studies indicate that positive mood broadens the scope of visual attention, which
can manifest as heightened distractibility. We used event-related potentials (ERP) to …

Using the arousal and mood hypothesis as a theoretical framework, we examined whether
community-dwelling older adults (N= 132) exhibited cognitive benefits after listening to …

Music is a prevalent part of everyday life and there has been a great deal of interest in the
possibility that music facilitates cognition, including memory. Listening to background music …

Prevalent across societies and times, music has the ability to enhance attention, a property
relevant to clinical applications, but the underlying brain mechanisms remain unknown. It is …

Music sometimes improves performance in sustained attention tasks. But the type of music
employed in previous investigations has varied considerably, which can account for …

Across two online experiments, this study explored the effect of preferred background music
on attentional state and performance, as well as on mood and arousal, during a vigilance …

Daily activities can often be performed while listening to music, which could influence the
ability to select relevant stimuli while ignoring distractors. Previous studies have established …

Background music refers to any music played while the listener is performing another
activity. Most studies on this effect have been conducted on young adults, while little …