A simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training.
The attentional blink (AB) effect is the reduced probability of reporting a second target (T2) that appears shortly after a first one (T1) within a rapidly presented sequence of distractors. The AB effect has been shown to be reduced following intensive mental training in the form of mindfulness med...
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| author | Nadav Amir Naftali Tishby Israel Nelken |
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| description | The attentional blink (AB) effect is the reduced probability of reporting a second target (T2) that appears shortly after a first one (T1) within a rapidly presented sequence of distractors. The AB effect has been shown to be reduced following intensive mental training in the form of mindfulness meditation, with a corresponding reduction in T1-evoked P3b brain potentials. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects remain unknown. We propose a dynamical-systems model of the AB, in which attentional load is described as the response of a dynamical system to incoming impulse signals. Non-task related mental activity is represented by additive noise modulated by meditation. The model provides a parsimonious computational framework relating behavioral performance, evoked brain potentials and training through the concept of reduced mental noise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30985686bd7147d589b7bc4ec09d91462022-12-22T03:17:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Computational Biology1553-734X1553-73582022-08-01188e101039810.1371/journal.pcbi.1010398A simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training.Nadav AmirNaftali TishbyIsrael NelkenThe attentional blink (AB) effect is the reduced probability of reporting a second target (T2) that appears shortly after a first one (T1) within a rapidly presented sequence of distractors. The AB effect has been shown to be reduced following intensive mental training in the form of mindfulness meditation, with a corresponding reduction in T1-evoked P3b brain potentials. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects remain unknown. We propose a dynamical-systems model of the AB, in which attentional load is described as the response of a dynamical system to incoming impulse signals. Non-task related mental activity is represented by additive noise modulated by meditation. The model provides a parsimonious computational framework relating behavioral performance, evoked brain potentials and training through the concept of reduced mental noise.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010398 |
| spellingShingle | Nadav Amir Naftali Tishby Israel Nelken A simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training. PLoS Computational Biology |
| title | A simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training. |
| title_full | A simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training. |
| title_fullStr | A simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training. |
| title_short | A simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training. |
| title_sort | simple model of the attentional blink and its modulation by mental training |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010398 |
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