The attentional blink (AB) is a robust phenomenon that has been consistently reported in the cognitive literature. The AB is found when two target images (T1, T2) are presented within 500 ms of each other and errors are induced on the perceptual report of T2. The AB may increase when T1 has some salience to the viewer. This study examined the effects of using pictures of children as T1 on the AB in a sample of child molesters. A larger AB emerged in this sample when T1 was a picture of a child compared with when T1 was a picture of an animal. It is argued that this task may be potentially useful to assess child molesters' level of interest in children.
This study aimed to develop and validate a brain injury outcome measure with sufficient discriminatory power for use in a post-acute rehabilitation setting. A 56-item questionnaire – the Postacute Rehabilitation Measure (PARM) – covering disability and participation restriction was validated against the Functional Independence Measure and Functional Assessment Measure (FIM+FAM) using both carers and the rehabilitation team as respondents. Participants were 67 patients with acquired brain injury from 12 post-acute rehabilitation facilities. PARM showed a lower mean score than FIM+FAM on all sections except emotions. Correlations between sections of PARM and FIM+FAM ranged 0.63–0.89. Test–retest reliability ranged 0.84–0.97. Inter-rater reliability (carer vs team) was more variable. PARM is therefore a reliable and valid measure for post-acute outpatient rehabilitation that has the advantage of being completed by either the carer or the team. It shows fewer ceiling effects than FIM+FAM in this population.
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