Circadian rhythms in components of attention

Valdéz, Pablo; Ramírez, Candelaria; García, Aída; Talamantes, Javier; Armijo, Pablo; Borrani, Jorge

doi:10.1080/09291010400028633

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“…The finding that Visual-Motor Control performance was better for individuals tested at longer wake times is consistent with proposed impact of circadian variations on physiological and cognitive processes, which report performance to be worse in the morning and peak later in the day (Valdez et al, 2005). These circadian influences depend on task complexity, variability, and duration (Blatter & Cajochen, 2007), which may account for the lack of relationship with the Visual Sensitivity or Eye Quickness factors.…”

Section: Individual Differencessupporting

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Mapping the structure of perceptual and visual–motor abilities in healthy young adults

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The ability to quickly detect and respond to visual stimuli in the environment is critical to many human activities. While such perceptual and visual-motor skills are important in a myriad of contexts, considerable variability exists between individuals in these abilities. To better understand the sources of this variability, we assessed perceptual and visual-motor skills in a large sample of 230 healthy individuals via the Nike SPARQ Sensory Station, and compared variability in their behavioral performance to demographic, state, sleep and consumption characteristics. Dimension reduction and regression analyses indicated three underlying factors: Visual-Motor Control, Visual Sensitivity, and Eye Quickness, which accounted for roughly half of the overall population variance in performance on this battery. Inter-individual variability in Visual-Motor Control was correlated with gender and circadian patters such that performance on this factor was better for males and for those who had been awake for a longer period of time before assessment. The current findings indicate that abilities involving coordinated hand movements in response to stimuli are subject to greater individual variability, while visual sensitivity and occulomotor control are largely stable across individuals.

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Section: Individual Differencessupporting

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Mapping the structure of perceptual and visual–motor abilities in healthy young adults

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“…First, Rowe et al (2007) controlled for both gender (an equal number of males and females) and time of testing (in between participants' peak and off-peak time of day). Gender differences have been found in selective attention (Merritt et al, 2007) as well as in the effects of mood manipulations (Westermann, Spies, Stahl, & Hesse, 1996) and attention is particularly vulnerable to time of day effects (Valdez et al, 2005). It is possible that such minor differences could affect the outcome of the task, supporting that the broadening of attention occurs under some very restricted conditions.…”

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Happy but still focused: failures to find evidence for a mood-induced widening of visual attention

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Steenbergen

Hommel

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Psychological Research

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In models of affect and cognition it is held that positive affect broadens the scope of attention.Consistent with this claim, previous research has indeed suggested that positive affect is associated with impaired selective attention as evidenced by increased interference of spatially distant distractors. However, several recent findings cast doubt on the reliability of this observation. In the present study we examined whether selective attention in a visual flanker task is influenced by positive mood induction. Across three experiments, positive affect consistently failed to exert any impact on selective attention. The implications of this null-finding for theoretical models of affect and cognition are discussed.

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“…It seems that only highly practiced responses (e.g., constant performance tasks) (Valdez et al 2005) are rather invariant across the day, with all other responses being vulnerable to the time-of-day effect during normal day-night conditions, as they require a certain degree of control over stimuli and responses. Above attentional processes, higher-order cognitive functions, such as working-memory load or executive control, appear to be particularly sensitive to time-of-day modulations (Mikulincer et al 1989).…”

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Adenosine, Caffeine, and Performance: From Cognitive Neuroscience of Sleep to Sleep Pharmacogenetics

Urry

Landolt

2014

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

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An intricate interplay between circadian and sleep-wake homeostatic processes regulate cognitive performance on specific tasks, and individual differences in circadian preference and sleep pressure may contribute to individual differences in distinct neurocognitive functions. Attentional performance appears to be particularly sensitive to time of day modulations and the effects of sleep deprivation. Consistent with the notion that the neuromodulator, adenosine adenosine , plays an important role in regulating sleep pressure, pharmacologic and genetic data in animals and humans demonstrate that differences in adenosinergic tone affect sleepiness, arousal and vigilant attention attention in rested and sleep-deprived states. Caffeine Caffeine -the most often consumed stimulant in the world-blocks adenosine receptors and normally attenuates the consequences of sleep deprivation on arousal, vigilance, and attention. Nevertheless, caffeine cannot substitute for sleep, and is virtually ineffective in mitigating the impact of severe sleep loss on higher-order cognitive functions. Thus, the available evidence suggests that adenosinergic mechanisms, in particular adenosine A2A receptor-mediated signal transduction, contribute to waking-induced impairments of attentional processes, whereas additional mechanisms must be involved in higher-order cognitive consequences of sleep deprivation. Future investigations should further clarify the exact types of cognitive processes affected by inappropriate sleep. This research will aid in the quest to better understand the role of different brain systems (e.g., adenosine and adenosine receptors) in regulating sleep, and sleep-related subjective state, and cognitive processes. Furthermore, it will provide more detail on the underlying mechanisms of the detrimental effects of extended wakefulness, as well as lead to the development of effective, evidence-based countermeasures against the health consequences of circadian misalignment and chronic sleep restriction. In press (accepted): January 14, 2014 Addresses for correspondence:Hans-Peter Landolt, Ph.D.

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Circadian rhythms in components of attention

Cited by 95 publications

References 41 publications

Mapping the structure of perceptual and visual–motor abilities in healthy young adults

Mapping the structure of perceptual and visual–motor abilities in healthy young adults

Happy but still focused: failures to find evidence for a mood-induced widening of visual attention

Adenosine, Caffeine, and Performance: From Cognitive Neuroscience of Sleep to Sleep Pharmacogenetics

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