Host finding by Uscana lariophaga (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) in stored cowpea: the effect of distance, time interval, host patch size and spatial orientation

2005 ◽  
Vol 95 (03) ◽  
pp. 231 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Stolk ◽  
M.N. Ghimire ◽  
S. Souquié ◽  
W. van der Werf ◽  
A. van Huis
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Orientation ◽  
Patch Size ◽  
Host Finding ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Host Patch

Sex allocation in Telenomus busseolae, a solitary parasitoid of concealed eggs: the influence of host patch size

2004 ◽  
Vol 111 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmet Bayram ◽  
Gianandrea Salerno ◽  
Eric Conti ◽  
Eric Wajnberg ◽  
Ferdinando Bin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sex Allocation ◽  
Patch Size ◽  
Solitary Parasitoid ◽  
Host Patch

Modelling The Effect of Host Patch Size on Mexican Bean Beetle Emigration

Ecology ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter B. Turchin
Keyword(s):  
Patch Size ◽  
Mexican Bean Beetle ◽  
Bean Beetle ◽  
Host Patch

Focusing of Visuospatial Attention

2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caterina Pesce ◽  
Rainer Bösel
Keyword(s):  
Reaction Times ◽  
Visual Space ◽  
Spatial Relation ◽  
Stimulus Onset ◽  
Visuospatial Attention ◽  
Task Demands ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Behavioral Studies ◽  
Task Conditions ◽  
Simple Rt

Abstract In the present study we explored the focusing of visuospatial attention in subjects practicing and not practicing activities with high attentional demands. Similar to the studies of Castiello and Umiltà (e. g., 1990) , our experimental procedure was a variation of Posner's (1980) basic paradigm for exploring covert orienting of visuospatial attention. In a simple RT-task, a peripheral cue of varying size was presented unilaterally or bilaterally from a central fixation point and followed by a target at different stimulus-onset-asynchronies (SOAs). The target could occur validly inside the cue or invalidly outside the cue with varying spatial relation to its boundary. Event-related brain potentials (ERPs) and reaction times (RTs) were recorded to target stimuli under the different task conditions. RT and ERP findings showed converging aspects as well as dissociations. Electrophysiological results revealed an amplitude modulation of the ERPs in the early and late Nd time interval at both anterior and posterior scalp sites, which seems to be related to the effects of peripheral informative cues as well as to the attentional expertise. Results were: (1) shorter latency effects confirm the positive-going amplitude enhancement elicited by unilateral peripheral cues and strengthen the criticism against the neutrality of spatially nonpredictive peripheral cueing of all possible target locations which is often presumed in behavioral studies. (2) Longer latency effects show that subjects with attentional expertise modulate the distribution of the attentional resources in the visual space differently than nonexperienced subjects. Skilled practice may lead to minimizing attentional costs by automatizing the use of a span of attention that is adapted to the most frequent task demands and endogenously increases the allocation of resources to cope with less usual attending conditions.

Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorder Symptoms

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Leonard Burns ◽  
James A. Walsh ◽  
David R. Patterson ◽  
Carol S. Holte ◽  
Rita Sommers-Flanagan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Behavior Disorder ◽  
Disruptive Behavior Disorder ◽  
Subjective Rating ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Frequency Count ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Oppositional Defiant

Summary: Rating scales are commonly used to measure the symptoms of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and conduct disorder (CD). While these scales have positive psychometric properties, the scales share a potential weakness - the use of vague or subjective rating procedures to measure symptom occurrence (e. g., never, occasionally, often, and very often). Rating procedures based on frequency counts for a specific time interval (e. g., never, once, twice, once per month, once per week, once per day, more than once per day) are less subjective and provide a conceptually better assessment procedure for these symptoms. Such a frequency count procedure was used to obtain parent ratings on the ADHD, ODD, and CD symptoms in a normative (nonclinical) sample of 3,500 children and adolescents. Although the current study does not provide a direct comparison of the two types of rating procedures, the results suggest that the frequency count procedure provides a potentially more useful way to measure these symptoms. The implications of the results are noted for the construction of rating scales to measure the ADHD, ODD, and CD symptoms.

Geometric and Featural Cues to Maintaining Spatial Orientation

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan W. Kelly ◽  
Timothy P. McNamara ◽  
Bobby Bodenheimer ◽  
Thomas H. Carr ◽  
John J. Rieser
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Orientation

Spatial Orientation in Flight

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent K. Killingham ◽  
James W. Wolfe
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Orientation

Spatial orientation with a prominent hallway landmark

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa J. Douglas ◽  
Herbert A. Colle
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Orientation
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