1996
DOI: 10.1080/01688639608408308
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Computerized assessment of sustained attention: Interactive effects of task demand, noise, and anxiety

Abstract: In a sample of 163 college undergraduates, the effects of task demand, noise, and anxiety on Continuous Performance Test (CPT) errors were evaluated with multiple regression and multivariate analysis of variance. Results indicated significantly more omission errors on the difficult task. Complex interaction effects of noise and self-reported anxiety yielded more omissions in quiet intermittent white noise, particularly for high-anxious subjects performing the difficult task. Anxiety levels tended to increase f… Show more

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“…For example, participant anxiety and interactions with environmental noise conditions appear to affect performance primarily on fast-event-rate CPTs (Ballard, 1996b). In the present study, the patterns of effects of environmental noise and participant anxiety on performance of the MHSStandard should be similar to those obtained for the slow-event CPT-AX task.…”
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confidence: 65%
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“…For example, participant anxiety and interactions with environmental noise conditions appear to affect performance primarily on fast-event-rate CPTs (Ballard, 1996b). In the present study, the patterns of effects of environmental noise and participant anxiety on performance of the MHSStandard should be similar to those obtained for the slow-event CPT-AX task.…”
Section: Hypotheses Of the Present Studymentioning
confidence: 65%
“…These environmental factors may either disrupt or facilitate performance depending on interactions with the type of task and participant characteristics (Ballard, 1996b;Broadbent & Gregory, 1965;Hancock, 1984;McGrath, 1968;McGrath & Hatcher, 1968;Warner & Heimstra, 1972). Similarly, effects of both task parameters and environmental conditions may be seen for some participant groups, but not others (Deaton & Parasuraman, 1993;Parasuraman & Giambra, 1991;Schiff & Knopf, 1985).…”
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“…Generally, the CPT task requires participants to sustain their attention and alertness to low-frequency sensory signals, minimize distractibility to irrelevant stimuli over time. In clinical applications, CPT is also very sensitive for the response inhibition of the impulsion, often used in studies such as attention deficit, schizophrenia, and depression [13] [14] [15]. In current study, CPT was employed to evaluate the children's sustained attention performance in two symptoms, inattention and impulsivity/ Y. Wang et al…”
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