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Erickson, Lucy C.; Thiessen, Erik D.; Godwin, Karrie E.; Dickerson, John P.; Fisher, Anna V. – Grantee Submission, 2015
Selective sustained attention is vital for higher order cognition. Although endogenous and exogenous factors influence selective sustained attention, assessment of the degree to which these factors influence performance and learning is often challenging. We report findings from the Track-It task, a paradigm that aims to assess the contribution of…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Kindergarten, Attention Span
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Fairbrother, Jeffrey T.; Barros, Joao Augusto de Camargo – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2010
In this study, we examined the effects of interference and repeated retention tests by comparing groups that performed (a) one or two tests, or (b) two tests separated by interpolated tasks. The task involved pressing five keys in 925 ms. Constant error increased after Block 1 of the second test for the group completing the interpolated tasks.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Tests, Retention (Psychology), Interference (Learning)