Restoration of attention by rest in a multitasking world: Theory, methodology, and empirical evidence

F Schumann, MB Steinborn, J Kürten, L Cao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In this work, we evaluate the status of both theory and empirical evidence in the field of
experimental rest-break research based on a framework that combines mental-chronometry …

Outlines of a multiple trace theory of temporal preparation

SA Los, W Kruijne, M Meeter - Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
We outline a new multiple trace theory of temporal preparation (MTP), which accounts for
behavior in reaction time (RT) tasks in which the participant is presented with a warning …

Hazard versus history: Temporal preparation is driven by past experience.

SA Los, W Kruijne, M Meeter - Journal of Experimental Psychology …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
The hazard function describes the conditional probability that an event will occur at a given
moment, given that it has not yet occurred. In warned reaction time tasks, it is a classical …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of cardiac phases on multisensory integration

M Saltafossi, A Zaccaro, MG Perrucci, F Ferri… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The brain continuously processes information coming from both the external environment
and visceral signals generated by the body. This constant information exchange between …

Attention to space and time: Independent or interactive systems? A narrative review

M Capizzi, AB Chica, J Lupiáñez, P Charras - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2023 - Springer
While there is ample evidence for the ability to selectively attend to where in space and
when in time a relevant event might occur, it remains poorly understood whether spatial and …

Neuro-cognitive architecture of executive functions: A latent variable analysis

E Ambrosini, S Arbula, C Rossato, V Pacella, A Vallesi - Cortex, 2019 - Elsevier
Executive functions refer to high-level cognitive processes that, by operating on lower-level
mental processes, flexibly regulate and control our thoughts and goal-directed behavior …

[HTML][HTML] A transcranial magnetic stimulation study on the role of the left intraparietal sulcus in temporal orienting of attention

M Capizzi, M Martín-Signes, JT Coull, AB Chica… - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Adaptive behavior requires the ability to orient attention to the moment in time at which a
relevant event is likely to occur. Temporal orienting of attention has been consistently …

A walk down the lane gives wings to your brain. Restorative benefits of rest breaks on cognition and self‐control

MB Steinborn, L Huestegge - Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the effect of rest breaks on mental‐arithmetic performance, examining
performance as a function of the factor rest, time‐on‐task, and demand. We asked the …

Mobilizing cognition for speeded action: try-harder instructions promote motivated readiness in the constant-foreperiod paradigm

MB Steinborn, R Langner, L Huestegge - Psychological research, 2017 - Springer
We examined the effect of motivational readiness on cognitive performance. An important
but still not sufficiently elaborated question is whether individuals can voluntarily increase …

The warning stimulus as retrieval cue: The role of associative memory in temporal preparation

SA Los, J Nieuwenstein, A Bouharab, DJ Stephens… - Cognitive …, 2021 - Elsevier
In a warned reaction time task, the warning stimulus (S1) initiates a process of temporal
preparation, which promotes a speeded response to the impending target stimulus (S2) …