These results highlight the flexibility of attention in enhancing multisensory perception and show that the effects of attention on multisensory processing are highly dependent on the task demands and observer goals.
For example, in a study of 55 women reporting weekly binge eating in the absence of regular compensatory behaviors, Kelly et al. [ 35] found a significant correlation between frequency of binge eating behaviors and deficit in executive functions such as flexibility in thinking and shifting attention.
D'Andrea and colleagues observed enriched expression of PI3Kγ in noradrenergic (NA) neurons of the locus coeruleus (LC), which gathers most NA neurons in the brain and has been involved in behavioral flexibility and attention (Aston-Jones et al, 1999).
Deficits in attention and mental flexibility predict non-adherence to taking a daily medication.
Consistent with our current findings, these effects have been reported in visual processing [ 20] and in flexibility of switching attention [ 21].
Our results support the conclusion of these previous findings by indicating that reduced flexibility in the control of visual attention is among the first early emerging features of autism, evident by at least 14 months of age.
Both the ANOVAs and the Bayes factor analyses indicate that the data are highly consistent with the assumption of a trade-off determined by relative reward levels for accuracy in each task, supporting at least some degree of flexibility in the allocation of a shared attention resource.It is worth noting that the ANOVAs are limited by the inability to include all conditions in a common analysis.
The control group presented worst performance in mental manipulation of information, abstraction, mental flexibility, and attention.
For the neuropsychological assessment of attention capacity, computer based instruments are used in which attention regulation (stimulus inhibition, attention division, reaction flexibility) and attention load (alertness, attention endurance, vigilance) are measured.
I set a goal for data collection, but the daily work and life in harsh conditions demands constant attention, persistent energy and flexibility in planning.
