Reliability of the 5-min psychomotor vigilance task in a primary school classroom setting

Wilson, Andrew; Dollman, James; Lushington, Kurt; Olds, Tim

doi:10.3758/brm.42.3.754

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“…Yet, Wilson et al . 57 showed that a 5-minute psychomotor vigilance task in a primary school classroom setting was reliable. Apart from gender, we did not pursue subgroup analysis based on grades in school or socio-economic status.…”

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Mind-wandering, or the allocation of attentional resources, is sleep-driven across childhood

Spruyt

Herbillon²,

Putois³

et al. 2019

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Mind-wandering or the spontaneous, uncontrolled changes in the allocation of attention resources (lapses) may cause variability in performance. In childhood, the relationship between the activation state of the brain, such as in attentional performance, and sleep has not been explored in detail. We investigated the role of sleep in attentional performance, and explored the most important parameters of their relationship. We objectively measured momentary lapses of attention of 522 children and correlated them with sleep schedules. In the subgroup of young children (age 7.1 ± 0.6 years; 60.8% girls), increasing age, long sleep duration and assessment closer to the previous night’s sleep period was associated with impaired performance speed and consistency. From pre-adolescence (age 9.4 ± 0.8 years; 50.5% girls) onwards somno-typologies may develop. As a result, in adolescence (age 13.4 ± 1.2 years; 51.3% girls) not only sleep duration but also sleep midpoint and sleep regularity influence the individual speed and stability of attention. Across development, regularity of sleep, individual sleep midpoint and bedtime become increasingly important for optimal performance throughout the day. Attentional performance and sleep shared almost half of their variance, and performance was sleep-driven across childhood. Future studies should focus on intra- and inter-individual differences in sleep-wake behavior to improve performance or decrease mind-wandering in youth by targeting sleep habits.

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confidence: 99%

Mind-wandering, or the allocation of attentional resources, is sleep-driven across childhood

Spruyt

Herbillon²,

Putois³

et al. 2019

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“…Outcome measures include mean RT and the number of false starts (RT <100 ms). The PVT is reported to have high retest reliability [Wilson, Dollman, Lushington, & Olds, 2010].…”

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The Impact of Bilingualism on the Executive Functions of Autistic Children: A Study of English–Arabic Children

2020

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There is evidence to suggest that certain executive functions are impaired in autistic children, contributing to many daily challenges. Regular use of two languages has the potential to positively influence executive functions, though evidence is mixed. Little is known about the impact of bilingualism on the executive functions of autistic children, with only a handful of studies published worldwide to date. This study investigated the impact of bilingualism on sustained attention, interference control, flexible switching and working memory, in Arabic–English autistic children (n = 27) and their typically developing peers (n = 66), aged 5–12 years old. Groups were matched on age, nonverbal IQ and socioeconomic status, and completed a battery of computerized tests. Results showed an advantage for bilingual autistic children relative to their monolingual peers in sustained attention, and equivalent performance between bilingual and monolingual autistic children on all other executive functions. There were no generalized positive effects of bilingualism, and typically‐developing children performed better than autistic children on all measures. The findings indicate that bilingualism does not negatively impact the executive function skills of autistic children, and that it might mitigate difficulties in sustained attention. Lay Summary Contrary to widespread belief, but in line with previous research, this study showed that speaking two languages did not harm thinking skills in autistic children. The thinking skills evaluated in this study included the ability to focus over a period of time, the ability to resist distractions, the ability to move back and forth between tasks, and the ability to use short‐term memory. In fact, speaking two languages might help reduce difficulties that autistic children might face when focusing over a period of time.

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“…The PVT is a simple and reliable task to measure vigilance given the monotonous, repetitive, and unpredictable nature of the target onset [ 28 ]. This task can range from as short as 8 minutes for attentional stores to be depleted sufficiently to observe failures in vigilance [ 29 ], and even less (5 minutes) in children [ 30 ].…”

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The Relationship between Regular Sports Participation and Vigilance in Male and Female Adolescents

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The present study investigated the relationship between regular sport participation (soccer) and vigilance performance. Two groups of male and female adolescents differentiated in terms of their sport participation (athletes, n = 39, and non-athletes, n = 36) took part in the study. In one session, participants performed the Leger Multi-stage fitness test to estimate their aerobic fitness level. In the other session, participants completed the Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT) to evaluate their vigilance performance. Perceived arousal prior to the task and motivation toward the task were also measured in the PVT session. The results revealed that athletes had better cardiovascular fitness and showed better performance in the PVT. However, correlation analyses did not show any significant relationship between cardiovascular fitness and performance in the PVT. Athletes showed larger scores in motivation and perceived arousal measures with respect to non-athletes, although, once again, these variables were not correlated with PVT performance. Gender differences were observed only in the Leger test, with males showing greater fitness level than females. The major outcome of this research points to a positive relationship between regular sport participation and vigilance during adolescence. This relationship did not seem to be influenced by gender, perceived arousal, motivation toward the task or cardiovascular fitness. We discuss our results in terms of the different hypotheses put forward in the literature to explain the relationship between physical activity and cognitive functioning.

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Reliability of the 5-min psychomotor vigilance task in a primary school classroom setting

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Mind-wandering, or the allocation of attentional resources, is sleep-driven across childhood

Mind-wandering, or the allocation of attentional resources, is sleep-driven across childhood

The Impact of Bilingualism on the Executive Functions of Autistic Children: A Study of English–Arabic Children

The Relationship between Regular Sports Participation and Vigilance in Male and Female Adolescents

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