Essays about: "executive attention"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 55 essays containing the words executive attention.

  1. 16. Stroop effect with visual and auditory stimuli : Five tasks show the differences in reaction times when auditory and/or visual linguistic stimuli are presented against an image

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Psykologiska institutionen

    Author : Christina Malapetsa; [2020]
    Keywords : Stroop effect; executive functions; processing speed; reaction time;

    Abstract : Stroop effect is the delay in reaction time that is caused by interference. Differences in perception speed of auditory and visual stimuli, as well as the division of selective attention to more than one sources are combined in five different Stroop tasks in this study, involving three stimuli: a picture, a written word and a heard word. READ MORE

  3. 17. Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of CNN and Fox News Headlines: A Case of Immigration Detention in the US

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Catalina Maruri Ramos; [2019]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; immigration detention; representation; headlines; reference strategies; transitivity; news media; political ideology.;

    Abstract : Immigration policies and border control in the US were hardened significantly more ever since the new government’s immigration executive order in 2017. A series of massive raids and immigrant detentions were carried out which got the attention of both human rights activists and the news media. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Effect of Mindfulness Meditation on Affect and Attention : An Empirical Study

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Jonathan Bryde; [2019]
    Keywords : Attention; emotion; meditation; mindfulness; neural correlates;

    Abstract : In daily life there are numerous experiences and events that divert people's attention and cause stress, which may be linked with aspects of ill-being and lowered well-being. Mindfulness meditation may alleviate such issues. READ MORE

  5. 19. Occupational Complexity and Executive Functioning

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Arash Ramezani; [2019]
    Keywords : Executive Functions; Occupational Complexity; Aging; verkställande funktioner; förskjutning; uppdatering; hämning; yrkeskomplexitet;

    Abstract : Executive Functioning (EF) such as planning, organization, attention, and self-control, has a high impact on quality of life, but is vulnerable to aging.  One factor that may help to maintain and strengthen EF is Occupational Complexity (OC), the degree of complexity in one’s primary occupation in life. READ MORE

  6. 20. The effects of acute aerobic exercise on executive functions

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Caroline Brander Löf; Sanna Lindblom; [2019]
    Keywords : attention; cognition; executive functions; exercise; inhibition; working memory;

    Abstract : The aim of the study was to examine the acute effects of exercise on three executivefunctions: attention, inhibition and working memory, in regularly exercising women (​n​ = 10)and men (​n​ = 10). Furthermore, the purpose was to investigate if different intensity levels ofaerobic exercise had an effect on executive functioning. READ MORE