Attention span

Attentional Blink Trevor Endre Dr. Stella Francis PSY363 | Cognitive Psychology Argosy University February 16, 2018 Attentional Blink (AB, or ‘blink’) is “the phenomenon that the second of two targets cannot be detected or identified when it appears close in time to the first.” (Prof. Kimron L. Shapiro) Some experts believe that Attentional blink helps the brain ignore distractions while focusing on the original target. In the Cog Lab demonstration, a series of letters and numbers…

I was 23 before I was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder. As far back as Elementary school I knew that there was something “off” in the way that I processed information. That my ability to do well academically was somehow hindered by not having certain tools that I needed, tools I wasn’t even aware existed. In high school, I began to augment my deficits with strengths. Where my grades were lacking I made up for it through creativity; I excelled at art and photography. When I was 17 my…

Distracted and confused: Selective attention under load According to this article, Distracted and confused?: Selective attention under load, it is important to focus on goal-relevant stimuli when interfering distractors can make cognitive functions difficult (Lavie, 2005). Many individuals experience disruptions in their daily tasks, but it is not sufficient to simply ignore any stimuli that is irrelevant. This author stated that there was a longstanding debate as to whether focusing on…

It reminded me that even when we are young and growing, our internal clock is still ticking down from the very second your born. Although this may seem like a sad and depressed way to think about it is really not. Mortality is something that no one enjoys thinking about, and it is proven in different social cognition studies that contemplating our own mortality can threaten our Self-Esteem. But, apart of life is death and this should only make you strive for a good life. Aside from that, the…

“Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Attentional Problems in Children” is an article written by Christakis, Zimmerman, DiGiuseppe, and McCarty. This article was written to prove that early exposure to television lead to children’s decreased attention span. This can be interesting and yet overstimulating to the child. This study was made to test the hypothesis that early exposure to television (at ages 1 and 3) lead to ones attentional problems at age 7. It is known that a newborn’s brain…

In "Attention Deficit: the Brain Syndrome of Our Era" Richard Restak examines the brain 's ability to multitask and the consequences of multitasking. Restak states that our brains respond to all the technology around us such as television, movies, cell phones, e-mail, and the Internet. He claims that our brains are changing its organization and functions because of the modern world such as technology. The changes of the brain can be considered as both good and bad, but considering the future, I…

According to Chinese culture, the forces that determine order are yin and yang. The basis of this concept is that everything has its opposite which maintains balance. One of the most well-known yin and yang pairings is life and death. Yu Hua, in the novel To Live, recognizes this relationship and integrates the concept into the plot in order to influence the characters. This includes life and death constantly checking each other by taking the character’s lives, and the price one has to pay to…

Current word count: 1243 The two powers have a thin barrier which causes people to quickly cross the threshold of balance. As one person dies, another lives, and also, it works in reverse. Yu Hua integrates this concept and develops a deep understanding of life exchanges. Even Fugui comes to understand this as “[he] realized how close [he had] come [into] being in Long Er’s shoes” (84). In order for him to live, Long Er dies because of circumstance. Since he had been close to being in “Long…

doing in the medical field. I believe that most of what we are doing is good and helpful, but some of the things we do now are unethical to me. My first thought when I hear breakthroughs in the medical field is that we have greatly increased our life spans and we have also gained knowledge on what is healthy and what is unhealthy to eat. My second thought is that we can make peoples lives better with the technology we now possess. My last thought isn’t as good as the two before it. My last…

the patient (i.e. the moving from their old lives; running away from their problems) and is followed by the patient controlling the conversation through rude sarcasm or swearing. Therefore it is hypothesized that the function of this behavior is attention seeking and escape/avoidance. Goal for Decrease: The client will reduce her frequency of talking back/swearing by 50% of the baseline (from 6 swearing episodes per day to 3 swearing episodes per day) for 3 or more consecutive weeks. Plan for…