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Decreasing Internal Focus of Attention Improves Postural Control during Quiet Standing in Young Healthy Adults
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Nafati, Gilel; Vuillerme, Nicolas – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2011
This experiment was designed to investigate whether and how decreasing the amount of attentional focus invested in postural control could affect bipedal postural control. Twelve participants were asked to stand upright as immobile as possible on a force platform in one control condition and one cognitive condition. In the latter condition, they…
Descriptors: Human Posture, Adults, Attention, Attention Control
Temporal Preparation and Inhibitory Deficit in Fibromyalgia Syndrome
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Correa, Angel; Miro, Elena; Martinez, M. Pilar; Sanchez, Ana I.; Lupianez, Juan – Brain and Cognition, 2011
Cognitive deficits in fibromyalgia may be specifically related to controlled processes, such as those measured by working memory or executive function tasks. This hypothesis was tested here by measuring controlled temporal preparation (temporal orienting) during a response inhibition (go no-go) task. Temporal orienting effects (faster reaction…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Inhibition, Short Term Memory, Cognitive Processes
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Interventions for Body Dissatisfaction
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Wade, Tracey; George, Wing Man; Atkinson, Melissa – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2009
The authors examined the relative effectiveness of 3 different approaches to the experience of body dissatisfaction compared to a control and ruminative attention control condition, with respect to increasing weight and appearance satisfaction. One hundred female undergraduates (mean age = 24.38, SD = 9.39) underwent a body dissatisfaction…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Attention Control, Psychological Patterns, Eating Disorders
The Early Development of Joint Attention in Infants with Autistic Disorder Using Home Video Observations and Parental Interview
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Clifford, Sally M; Dissanayake, Cheryl – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2008
The aim in the current study was to investigate the early development of joint attention, eye contact and affect during the first 2 years of life, by using retrospective parental interviews and analyses of home videos of infants who were later diagnosed with Autistic Disorder (AD). The 36 children with AD and the 27 matched control children were…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Autism, Infants, Human Body
The Effect of Fine Motor Skill Activities on Kindergarten Student Attention
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Stewart, Roger A.; Rule, Audrey C.; Giordano, Debra A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2007
This study explored the effect of fine motor skill activities on the development of attention in kindergarteners (n = 68) in five classes at a suburban public school in the Intermountain West through a pretest/posttest experimental group (n = 36) control group (n = 32) design. All children received the regular curriculum which included typical…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Experimental Groups, Play, Control Groups
Biofeedback-Based Behavioral Treatment for Chronic Tinnitus: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
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Weise, Cornelia; Heinecke, Kristin; Rief, Winfried – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Many tinnitus sufferers believe that their tinnitus has an organic basis and thus seek medical rather than psychological treatments. Tinnitus has been found to be associated with negative appraisal, dysfunctional attention shift, and heightened psychophysiological arousal, so cognitive-behavioral interventions and biofeedback are commonly…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Behavior Modification, Patients