They were more easily distracted, had less control over their attention, and were much less able to distinguish important information from trivia.
Cognitive control – the ability to exert control over thoughts, attention and behavior in order to achieve a goal – is essential to adaptive functioning and its disruption characterizes various neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders.
Users have control over their attention and data disclosure, while marketers and content providers have direct access to the consumers". The blockchain revolution is still in its preliminary stages, and so far in 2018 we see more ripples than waves in actual application.
This finding is consistent with lateralized alpha power reflecting an index of top-down control over spatial attention (Klimesch, 2012; Sauseng et al., 2005; Thut et al., 2006), and should here be interpreted as reactive, because the top-down signal was observed after conflict was encountered.
The WMP considers metacognitive skills as a means to develop self-control over automatic attention and over the use of information testing strategies in order to improve WM (Nunes et al., 2011).
The HealthyTexts study enrolled 678 participants 18 42 years, and assigned them to receive 21 text messages about skin cancer prevention, skin self-examination or physical activity (attention control) over the course of one year.
Guided imagery (GI), a mind-body relaxation technique, is a cognitive, behavioral technique that allows individuals to exert active control over their focus of attention [ 1, 2].
According to this model, reflection, or the reflective reprocessing of information prior to responding, provides a foundation for the control of attention – flexibly, over time, and selectively (i.e., cognitive flexibility, working memory, and inhibitory control).
It is most often used to gain social status, to maintain power and control over another, and for peer attention.
