The Effect of Eye-Feedback Training on Orienting Attention in Young Adults With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo
Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is a kind of attentional symptoms characterized by symptoms of slowness in behavior or in thinking. The aim of the present study was to develop a preliminary attention training program based on real-time eye-gaze feedback using an eye-tracker. A total of 38 participant...
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| description | Sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is a kind of attentional symptoms characterized by symptoms of slowness in behavior or in thinking. The aim of the present study was to develop a preliminary attention training program based on real-time eye-gaze feedback using an eye-tracker. A total of 38 participants with SCT were randomly assigned to one of following two conditions: eye-feedback (N = 19; Mean Age = 21.21; range 18–26) or control (N = 19; Mean Age = 20.68; range 18–25). The participants in the eye-feedback condition received three repeated trainings on the modified version of the Posner's spatial cueing test; we also used real-time constant eye-gaze feedback designed to lead the participants to quickly and accurately engage and to disengage, with pre- and post- measurement of eye-movements (overt attention) and the revised attention network test (ANT-R; covert attention). The participants in the control condition received three repeated same trainings without any feedback, with pre- and post-measurement of eye-movements measure and ANT-R. The results revealed that the eye-feedback group showed a greater improvement in engaging and disengaging attention through the overt attention measure than the control group. The eye-feedback group also showed a greater increase only in the orienting network related to disengaging attention in the covert attention measure compared to the control group. These results suggested that the eye-feedback can be meaningfully used in attention training to enhance the efficiency of attention in clinical settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0eaba9811fef4365a2b4010ec622ccec2022-12-22T00:53:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402020-03-011110.3389/fpsyt.2020.00184484262The Effect of Eye-Feedback Training on Orienting Attention in Young Adults With Sluggish Cognitive TempoKiho Kim0Youna Lee1Jang-Han Lee2Department of Psychology of Counseling, Sejong Cyber University, Seoul, South KoreaDepartment of Image Engineering, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South KoreaClinical Neuro-Psychology Lab., Department of Psychology, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South KoreaSluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) is a kind of attentional symptoms characterized by symptoms of slowness in behavior or in thinking. The aim of the present study was to develop a preliminary attention training program based on real-time eye-gaze feedback using an eye-tracker. A total of 38 participants with SCT were randomly assigned to one of following two conditions: eye-feedback (N = 19; Mean Age = 21.21; range 18–26) or control (N = 19; Mean Age = 20.68; range 18–25). The participants in the eye-feedback condition received three repeated trainings on the modified version of the Posner's spatial cueing test; we also used real-time constant eye-gaze feedback designed to lead the participants to quickly and accurately engage and to disengage, with pre- and post- measurement of eye-movements (overt attention) and the revised attention network test (ANT-R; covert attention). The participants in the control condition received three repeated same trainings without any feedback, with pre- and post-measurement of eye-movements measure and ANT-R. The results revealed that the eye-feedback group showed a greater improvement in engaging and disengaging attention through the overt attention measure than the control group. The eye-feedback group also showed a greater increase only in the orienting network related to disengaging attention in the covert attention measure compared to the control group. These results suggested that the eye-feedback can be meaningfully used in attention training to enhance the efficiency of attention in clinical settings.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00184/fullsluggish cognitive tempo (SCT)attention trainingeye-feedbackeye-movementsattention network test (ANT) |
| spellingShingle | Kiho Kim Youna Lee Jang-Han Lee The Effect of Eye-Feedback Training on Orienting Attention in Young Adults With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Frontiers in Psychiatry sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) attention training eye-feedback eye-movements attention network test (ANT) |
| title | The Effect of Eye-Feedback Training on Orienting Attention in Young Adults With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo |
| title_full | The Effect of Eye-Feedback Training on Orienting Attention in Young Adults With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo |
| title_fullStr | The Effect of Eye-Feedback Training on Orienting Attention in Young Adults With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Effect of Eye-Feedback Training on Orienting Attention in Young Adults With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo |
| title_short | The Effect of Eye-Feedback Training on Orienting Attention in Young Adults With Sluggish Cognitive Tempo |
| title_sort | effect of eye feedback training on orienting attention in young adults with sluggish cognitive tempo |
| topic | sluggish cognitive tempo (SCT) attention training eye-feedback eye-movements attention network test (ANT) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00184/full |
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