scholarly journals Assessing the three attentional networks in children from three to six years: A child-friendly version of the Attentional Network Test for Interaction

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Casagrande ◽  
Andrea Marotta ◽  
Diana Martella ◽  
Elisa Volpari ◽  
Francesca Agostini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Attentional Network ◽  
Attentional Skills ◽  
Attentional Network Test ◽  
Child Friendly

AbstractAttention involves three functionally and neuroanatomically distinct neural networks: alerting, orienting, and executive control. This study aimed to analyze the development of attentional networks in children aged between 3 and 6 years using a child-friendly version of the Attentional Network Test for Interaction (ANTI), the ANTI-Birds. The sample included 88 children divided into four age groups: 3-year-old, 4-year-old, 5-year-old, 6-year-old children. The results of this study would seem to indicate that between 4 and 6 years, there are no significant changes in attentional networks. Instead, between 3 and 4 years of age, children significantly improve all their attentional skills.

scholarly journals Assessing the Three Attentional Networks and Vigilance in the Adolescence Stages

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 503
Author(s):  
Jasmine Giovannoli ◽  
Diana Martella ◽  
Maria Casagrande
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Early Adolescence ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Early Adolescents ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Late Adolescents ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Attentional Network Test ◽  
Middle Adolescence ◽  
Age Range

Attention involves three functionally and neuroanatomically distinct neural networks: alerting, orienting, and executive control. This study aimed to assess the attentional networks and vigilance in adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years using the attentional network test for interaction and vigilance (ANTI-V). One hundred and eighty-two adolescents divided into three groups (early adolescents, middle adolescents, late adolescents) participated in the study. The results indicate that after age 15, adolescents adopt a more conservative response strategy and increase the monitoring of self-errors. All the attentional networks seem to continue to develop during the age range considered in this study (10–19 y). Performance improved from early adolescence to middle adolescence and began to stabilize in late adolescence. Moreover, a low level of vigilance seems to harm alerting and orienting abilities.

scholarly journals Selective enhancement of attentional networks in college table tennis athletes: a preliminary investigation

PeerJ ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. e2762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biye Wang ◽  
Wei Guo ◽  
Chenglin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Control Networks ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Attentional Network ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Attentional Network Test ◽  
Selective Enhancement ◽  
Athlete Group

The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics of the attentional network in college table tennis athletes. A total of 65 college students categorized as table tennis athlete group or non-athlete group participated in the study. All participants completed the attentional network test (ANT) which measured the alerting, orienting and executive control networks. The results showed a significant difference between the athlete and non-athlete group for executive control network (p < 0.01), while no differences were observed for alerting (p > 0.05) or orienting (p > 0.05) networks. These results combined suggest that college table tennis athletes exhibited selectively enhanced executive control of attentional networks.

scholarly journals Selective enhancement of attentional networks in college table tennis athletes: a preliminary investigation

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biye Wang ◽  
Wei Guo ◽  
Chenglin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Control Networks ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Attentional Network ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Attentional Network Test ◽  
Selective Enhancement ◽  
Athlete Group

The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics of the attentional network in college table tennis athletes. A total of 65 college students categorized as table tennis athlete group or non-athlete group participated in the study. All participants completed the attentional network test (ANT) which measured the alerting, orienting and executive control networks. The results showed a significant difference between the athlete and non-athlete group for executive control network (p <0.01), while no differences were observed for alerting (p>0.05) or orienting (p>0.05) networks. These results combined suggest that college table tennis athletes exhibited selectively enhanced executive control of attentional networks.

scholarly journals Selective enhancement of attentional networks in college table tennis athletes: a preliminary investigation

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Biye Wang ◽  
Wei Guo ◽  
Chenglin Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Table Tennis ◽  
Control Networks ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Attentional Network ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Attentional Network Test ◽  
Selective Enhancement ◽  
Athlete Group

The purpose of the study was to investigate the characteristics of the attentional network in college table tennis athletes. A total of 65 college students categorized as table tennis athlete group or non-athlete group participated in the study. All participants completed the attentional network test (ANT) which measured the alerting, orienting and executive control networks. The results showed a significant difference between the athlete and non-athlete group for executive control network (p <0.01), while no differences were observed for alerting (p>0.05) or orienting (p>0.05) networks. These results combined suggest that college table tennis athletes exhibited selectively enhanced executive control of attentional networks.

scholarly journals Age-Related Changes in Hemispherical Specialization for Attentional Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Casagrande ◽  
Francesca Agostini ◽  
Francesca Favieri ◽  
Giuseppe Forte ◽  
Jasmine Giovannoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Hemispheric Asymmetry ◽  
Hemispheric Specialization ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Attentional Processes ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Attentional Network Test

Many cognitive functions face a decline in the healthy elderly. Within the cognitive domains, both attentional processes and executive functions are impaired with aging. Attention includes three attentional networks, i.e., alerting, orienting, and executive control, showing a hemispheric lateralized pattern in adults. This lateralized pattern could play a role in modulating the efficiency of attentional networks. For these reasons, it could be relevant to analyze the age-related change of the hemispheric specialization of attentional networks. This study aims to clarify this aspect with a lateralized version of the Attentional Network Test for Interaction (ANTI)-Fruit. One hundred seventy-one participants took part in this study. They were divided in three age groups: youth (N = 57; range: 20–30); adults (N = 57; range 31–64), and elderly/older people (N = 57; range: 65–87). The results confirmed the previous outcomes on the efficiency and interactions among attentional networks. Moreover, an age-related generalized slowness was evidenced. These findings also support the hypothesis of a hemispheric asymmetry reduction in elderly/older adults.

Human Attentional Networks: A Connectionist Model

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 1678-1689 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongbin Wang ◽  
Jin Fan
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Local Error ◽  
Connectionist Model ◽  
Biologically Inspired ◽  
Control Functions ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Attentional Network Test ◽  
Normal Human

Recent evidence in cognitive neuroscience has suggested that attention is a complex organ system subserved by at least three attentional networks in the brain, for alerting, orienting, and executive control functions. However, how these different networks work together to give rise to the seemingly unitary mental faculty of attention remains unclear. We describe a connectionist model of human attentional networks to explore the possible interplays among the networks from a computational perspective. This model is developed in the framework of leabra (local, error-driven, and associative, biologically realistic algorithm) and simultaneously involves these attentional networks connected in a biologically inspired way. We evaluate the model by simulating the empirical data collected on normal human subjects using the Attentional Network Test (ANT). The simulation results fit the experimental data well. In addition, we show that the same model, with a single parameter change that affects executive control, is able to simulate the empirical data collected from patients with schizophrenia. This model represents a plausible connectionist explanation for the functional structure and interaction of human attentional networks.

scholarly journals Age-Related Changes in Hemispherical Specialization for Attentional Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Casagrande ◽  
Francesca Agostini ◽  
Francesca Favieri ◽  
Giuseppe Forte ◽  
Jasmine Giovannoli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Executive Control ◽  
Hemispheric Specialization ◽  
Early Adulthood ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Attentional Processes ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
Healthy Elderly ◽  
Attentional Functioning ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Age Related

Many cognitive functions face a decline in the healthy elderly. Within the cognitive domains, both attentional processes and executive functions are impaired with aging. Attention includes three attentional networks, i.e., alerting, orienting, and executive control that showed a hemispheric lateralized pattern in adults. This lateralized pattern could have a role in modulating the efficiency of attentional networks. For these reasons could be relevant to analyze the age-related change of hemispheric specialization of attentional networks. This study aims to clarify this aspect with a lateralized version of the ANTI-Fruit. One hundred sixty-seven participants took part in this study. They are divided in three age groups: early adulthood (N=57; Range: 20-30); late adulthood (N=57; Range 31-64) and elderly/older people (N=57; Range: 65-87). Results confirm the previous outcomes on the efficiency and interactions among attentional networks. Moreover, an age-related generalized slowness was evidenced. These findings also support the hypothesis of a hemispheric asymmetry reduction in elderly/older adults. This pattern could partially explain the decrease in attentional functioning in elderly/older age.

Alerting Network Dysfunction in Early Multiple Sclerosis

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucía Crivelli ◽  
Mauricio F. Farez ◽  
Claudio D. González ◽  
Marcela Fiol ◽  
Alejandra Amengual ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Control Networks ◽  
Attentional Networks ◽  
Relapsing Remitting ◽  
Attentional Network Test ◽  
Computerized Task ◽  
Remitting Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis Patients ◽  
Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis

AbstractThe objective of this study is to assess attention in recently diagnosed relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients. Twenty-seven patients with early multiple sclerosis and low clinical disability scores (EDSS<2) and 27 sex-, age-, and education-matched healthy controls underwent attention assessment using the Attentional Network Test, a computerized task designed to measure efficiency independently in 3 attentional networks (Alerting, Orienting and Executive Control). MS patients had significantly less efficiency in the Alerting network (p = .006). In contrast, in the Orienting and Executive Control networks, they did not differ from controls. A significant interaction between Alerting and Executive Control was also found in the MS patients (p = .007). Early relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis particularly affects the Alerting domain of attention, whereas the Orienting and Executive Control domains are not affected. (JINS, 2012, 18, 1–7)

Trait and state correlates of the Attentional Network Test

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Matthews ◽  
Moshe Zeidner ◽  
Nirit Zwang
Keyword(s):  
Attentional Network ◽  
Attentional Network Test

Sources of cognitive conflict and their relevance to Theory of Mind proficiency in healthy ageing. A preregistered study.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Foyzul Rahman ◽  
Sabrina Javed ◽  
Ian Apperly ◽  
Peter Hansen ◽  
Carol Holland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Theory Of Mind ◽  
Executive Control ◽  
Spatial Working Memory ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Response Speed ◽  
Cognitive Conflict ◽  
Mental States ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Outcome Knowledge

Age-related decline in Theory of Mind (ToM) may be due to waning executive control, which is necessary for resolving conflict when reasoning about others’ mental states. We assessed how older (OA; n=50) versus younger adults (YA; n=50) were affected by three theoretically relevant sources of conflict within ToM: competing Self-Other perspectives; competing cued locations and outcome knowledge. We examined which best accounted for age-related difficulty with ToM. Our data show unexpected similarity between age groups when representing a belief incongruent with one’s own. Individual differences in attention and motor response speed best explained the degree of conflict experienced through conflicting Self-Other perspectives. However, OAs were disproportionately affected by managing conflict between cued locations. Age and spatial working memory were most relevant for predicting the magnitude of conflict elicited by conflicting cued locations. We suggest that previous studies may have underestimated OA’s ToM proficiency by including unnecessary conflict in ToM tasks.

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