A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention

Forty-five participants performed a vigilance task during which they were required to respond to a critical signal at a local feature level, while the global display was altered between groups (either a circle, a circle broken apart and reversed, or a reconnected figure). The shape in two of the gro...

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Main Authors: de Joux, Neil, Wilson, Kyle M., Russell, Paul N., Finkbeiner, Kristen M., Helton, William S.
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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Wilson, Kyle M.
Russell, Paul N.
Finkbeiner, Kristen M.
Helton, William S.
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Wilson, Kyle M.
Russell, Paul N.
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Helton, William S.
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description Forty-five participants performed a vigilance task during which they were required to respond to a critical signal at a local feature level, while the global display was altered between groups (either a circle, a circle broken apart and reversed, or a reconnected figure). The shape in two of the groups formed a configurative whole (the circle and reconnected conditions), while the remaining shape had no complete global element (broken circle). Performance matched the results found in the previous experiments using this stimulus set, where a configural superiority effect was found to influence accuracy over time. Physiological data, measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy, revealed elevated activation in the right pre-frontal cortex compared to the left pre-frontal cortex during the task. Additionally, bilateral activation was found in the conditions that formed configurative wholes, while hemispheric differences over time were found in the condition that did not. These findings suggest that configural aspects of stimuli may explain why non-typical laterality effects have been found in similar research.
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spelling nottingham-475122020-05-04T18:31:25Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47512/ A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention de Joux, Neil Wilson, Kyle M. Russell, Paul N. Finkbeiner, Kristen M. Helton, William S. Forty-five participants performed a vigilance task during which they were required to respond to a critical signal at a local feature level, while the global display was altered between groups (either a circle, a circle broken apart and reversed, or a reconnected figure). The shape in two of the groups formed a configurative whole (the circle and reconnected conditions), while the remaining shape had no complete global element (broken circle). Performance matched the results found in the previous experiments using this stimulus set, where a configural superiority effect was found to influence accuracy over time. Physiological data, measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy, revealed elevated activation in the right pre-frontal cortex compared to the left pre-frontal cortex during the task. Additionally, bilateral activation was found in the conditions that formed configurative wholes, while hemispheric differences over time were found in the condition that did not. These findings suggest that configural aspects of stimuli may explain why non-typical laterality effects have been found in similar research. Elsevier 2017-01-08 Article PeerReviewed de Joux, Neil, Wilson, Kyle M., Russell, Paul N., Finkbeiner, Kristen M. and Helton, William S. (2017) A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention. Neuropsychologia, 94 . pp. 106-117. ISSN 1873-3514 Configural superiority effect; Sustained attention; Vigilance; Functional near-infrared spectroscopy https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028393216304390 doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.12.001 doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.12.001
spellingShingle Configural superiority effect; Sustained attention; Vigilance; Functional near-infrared spectroscopy
de Joux, Neil
Wilson, Kyle M.
Russell, Paul N.
Finkbeiner, Kristen M.
Helton, William S.
A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention
title A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention
title_full A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention
title_fullStr A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention
title_full_unstemmed A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention
title_short A functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention
title_sort functional near-infrared spectroscopy study of the effects of configural properties on sustained attention
topic Configural superiority effect; Sustained attention; Vigilance; Functional near-infrared spectroscopy
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