Measuring vigilance while assessing the functioning of the three attentional networks: The ANTI-Vigilance task

Roca, Javier García; Castro, Cándida; López-Ramón, María Fernanda; Lupiáñez, Juan

doi:10.1016/j.jneumeth.2011.04.014

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“…Although important for investigating the influences of activation and/or of a lack of activation of the attentional networks on behavioral responses and coping cognitive strategies, unfortunately behavioral studies101112131415 cannot tell much about the timing, localization and activation dynamics of brain underpinnings of the conflict resolution mechanisms and about the kind of influences of valid spatial orienting on its resolution.…”

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How voluntary orienting of attention and alerting modulate costs of conflict processing

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There is evidence that pre-cued valid orienting of attention to competing information diminishes costs of brain processing of conflict. Still unclear, because scantily addressed by neuroimaging studies and mostly analyzed by means of behavioral indexing, it is whether conflict undergoes an equivalent modulation by tonic and pre-cued phasic alerting. Here, we investigated the functional relationships between attention orienting, alerting and executive systems using the Attention Network Test (ANT). Both reaction times (RTs) and ERPs were recorded. In line with previous literature, results showed that both RTs and a so-called ERPs conflict negativity (CN), prominent at anterior scalp and indexing conflict processing, were positively modulated by a prior valid orienting of attention onto the location of conflicting stimuli. Indeed, in this condition both kinds of markers showed faster latencies, while CN also reached higher amplitude values than in both alerting conditions, and, in turn, in pre-cued phasic alerting than in uncued tonic alerting. Moreover, while CN was larger over the right hemisphere independent of functional conditions, it was strongly modulated by the latter over the left hemisphere. Our ERP findings support the views of conflict modulation by both orienting and phasic alerting and of a functional integration between attentional brain networks.

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“…As it consists of relevant inputs and outputs which create a motivational-affective significance at the target relevant location, it guides the cognition through the perception according to action demands (Clark 1997;Pfeifer and Scheier 1999). The next claim, cognition is time pressured, fits well in the ANTI-V paradigm as its basic purpose is to perform as fast and accurate as possible in a time limited and repetitive task conditions (time locked perceptual-motor activity) in a form of a videogame (Roca et al 2011;2012). The human behavioral research outlines the importance of time pressure as a main principle that creates a situated cognition (Kirsh and Maglio 1994;Brooks 1991b).…”

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“…The computer-based neurocognitive task (the ANTI-V task; Roca et al 2011;2012) is used to obtain a direct measure of vigilance in addition to the usual attention network scores: alerting and orienting as stimulus driven or bottom-up networks and executive control as goal directed or top-down network (Corbetta and Shulman 2002). Instructions present the task as a game.…”

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“…Alerting is manipulated by the presence or absence of a 50 ms warning auditory signal presented 500 ms before the target car. To obtain a direct measure of vigilance, the ANTI-V dual-task paradigm requires participants to detect infrequent stimuli (central car displaced to the left or right), to inhibit the response to the main task ("c" vs. "m" buttons), and to press instead the spacebar (for a more detailed explanation of the ANTI-V paradigm see: Roca et al 2011;2012).…”

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“…Among the frequently mentioned claims in the literature are: (1) Cognition is situated; (2) Cognition is time pressured; (3) We off-load cognitive work onto the environment; (4) The environment is part of the cognitive system; (5) Cognition is for action; (6) Off-line cognition is body based. In the present paper, we will firstly introduce the neurocognitive sustained attention task using ANTI-v paradigm (Roca et al 2011;2012), which is computer based and explains in details its basic characteristics and features. After that, we will try to analyze it in the light of embodied cognition perspective by verifying how it fits in all of aforementioned claims.…”

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Measuring vigilance while assessing the functioning of the three attentional networks: The ANTI-Vigilance task

Cited by 79 publications

References 32 publications

How voluntary orienting of attention and alerting modulate costs of conflict processing

How voluntary orienting of attention and alerting modulate costs of conflict processing

To Train or to Entertain the Brain: How Does Enhanced Focus of Attention Guide Perception into the Goal Directed Action

Effects of fatigue on attention and vigilance as measured with a modified attention network test

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