However, their role in rapid information processing, for example, as required for timely processing of salient stimuli, is not well understood.
Reductions in the rate of information processing have been strongly linked to age-related changes in cognitive function [ 27]; however, young and older adults perform similarly on tests such as the PASAT that require overlearned arithmetic skills in conjunction with rapid information processing and sustained attention [ 28, 29].
A medium to large effect (Cohen's d with Hedges' correction = 0.62) was noted in rapid visual information processing, with HCs significantly surpassing the performance of FEM patients.
The rapid advances in information processing technology in recent years have created computing devices with formidable powers.
We assessed the effect of nicotine on distraction by emotionally negative, positive, neutral, and smoking-related pictures immediately preceding target digits during a rapid visual information processing task in 16 smokers in a double-blind, counterbalanced, within-subjects design.
Computerized tests from Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB software, Cambridge Cognition, UK) were used for spatial working memory, rapid visual information processing and paired associate learning.
Breakfast before rest decreased rapid visual information processing task speed and impaired Stroop performance.
Rapid visual information processing task.
The sustained attention task used in the current study required the unique activation of alerting, orienting and executive control pathways, which is a variation from more commonly used tests of sustained attention such as the rapid visual information processing task.
However, it is a result of overly rapid, inadequate information processing that leads to inappropriate action.
Rapid visual information processing (RVIP) was used as a means to assess attention performance [ 40].
