Information processing speed and attention in multiple sclerosis: Reconsidering the Attention Network Test (ANT)

Abstract

Deficits in processing speed are more prominent in MS than those involving attention, and when the former are properly accounted for, differences in the latter are confined to the alerting network.

Brain connectivity and cognitive processing speed in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review

“…Several studies investigated the impact of PS decline on cognition in people with MS. It was observed that in tasks of working memory [14,23], response inhibition [21], planning [20], task switching [24], and attention [25], after statistically controlling for PS performance, the differences between people with MS and healthy controls disappeared.…”

Cognitive speed and white matter integrity in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

“…Slowed PS has broader repercussions on performance in other cognitive domains [9][10][11][12][13][14][15].…”

The Relationship between Psychosocial Factors and Cognition in Multiple Sclerosis

“…Early stages of MS have been associated with significant cognitive impairment focused on attention, executive functions, memory, and learning [16]. Information processing in particular is the cognitive domain most widely affected by MS and is notably the first deficit to emerge [17–19]. MS patients with progressive disease course, especially secondary progressive, can also experience a range of cognitive deficits and associated disability [20].…”