Fernando Gabriel Luna1, Julián Marino2, Javier Roca3, Juan Lupiáñez4. 1. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (IIPsi), CONICET, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Enfermera Gordillo esquina Enrique Barrios, CP 5000, Córdoba, Argentina(1); Department of Experimental Psychology, Mind, Brain, and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja S/N, CP 18011, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: fluna@unc.edu.ar. 2. Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas (IIPsi), CONICET, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Enfermera Gordillo esquina Enrique Barrios, CP 5000, Córdoba, Argentina(1); Departamento de Investigación, Fundación Oulton. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 562, CP 5000. Córdoba, Argentina. Electronic address: jmarino@psyche.unc.edu.ar. 3. ERI-Lectura / Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, Av. Blasco Ibáñez 21, CP 46010. Valencia, Spain. Electronic address: javier.roca@uv.es. 4. Department of Experimental Psychology, Mind, Brain, and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC), University of Granada, Campus de Cartuja S/N, CP 18011, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: jlupiane@ugr.es.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Vigilance is generally understood as the ability to detect infrequent critical events through long time periods. In tasks like the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART), participants tend to detect fewer events across time, a phenomenon known as "vigilance decrement". However, vigilance might also involve sustaining a tonic arousal level. In the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT), the vigilance decrement corresponds to an increment across time in both mean and variability of reaction time. NEW METHOD: The present study aimed to develop a single task -Attentional Networks Test for Interactions and Vigilance - executive and arousal components (ANTI-Vea)- to simultaneously assess both components of vigilance (i.e., the executive vigilance as in the SART, and the arousal vigilance as in the PVT), while measuring the classic attentional functions (phasic alertness, orienting, and executive control). RESULTS: In Experiment #1, the executive vigilance decrement was found as an increment in response bias. In Experiment #2, this result was replicated, and the arousal vigilance decrement was simultaneously observed as an increment in reaction time. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD: The ANTI-Vea solves some issues observed in the previous ANTI-V task with the executive vigilance measure (e.g., a low hit rate and no vigilance decrement). Furthermore, the new ANTI-Vea task assesses both components of vigilance together with others typical attentional functions. CONCLUSIONS: The new attentional networks test developed here may be useful to provide a better understanding of the human attentional system. The role of sensitivity and response bias in the executive vigilance decrement are discussed.
BACKGROUND: Vigilance is generally understood as the ability to detect infrequent critical events through long time periods. In tasks like the Sustained Attention to Response Task (SART), participants tend to detect fewer events across time, a phenomenon known as "vigilance decrement". However, vigilance might also involve sustaining a tonic arousal level. In the Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT), the vigilance decrement corresponds to an increment across time in both mean and variability of reaction time. NEW METHOD: The present study aimed to develop a single task -Attentional Networks Test for Interactions and Vigilance - executive and arousal components (ANTI-Vea)- to simultaneously assess both components of vigilance (i.e., the executive vigilance as in the SART, and the arousal vigilance as in the PVT), while measuring the classic attentional functions (phasic alertness, orienting, and executive control). RESULTS: In Experiment #1, the executive vigilance decrement was found as an increment in response bias. In Experiment #2, this result was replicated, and the arousal vigilance decrement was simultaneously observed as an increment in reaction time. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHOD: The ANTI-Vea solves some issues observed in the previous ANTI-V task with the executive vigilance measure (e.g., a low hit rate and no vigilance decrement). Furthermore, the new ANTI-Vea task assesses both components of vigilance together with others typical attentional functions. CONCLUSIONS: The new attentional networks test developed here may be useful to provide a better understanding of the human attentional system. The role of sensitivity and response bias in the executive vigilance decrement are discussed.
Authors: Edward J Golob; Jeremy T Nelson; Jaelle Scheuerman; Kristen B Venable; Jeffrey R Mock Journal: Psychophysiology Date: 2021-08-03 Impact factor: 4.348
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