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@#Introduction: The quality parameter of a country’s education is closely related with learning achievement, where attention plays an important role. In support of learning achievement, individuals often enforce their study time till induce stress or physical fatigue over a long term. Neck pillow is often used as a media at rest for body’s relaxation. The Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) can also provide relaxation and can trigger the release of dopamine hormone which functions as a neurotransmitter in the attention process. Based on these problems, we design a research on SIBALERA; a portable neck pillow with ASMR stimulation can improve attention function. Methods: This research used an experimental design of three parallel groups pre and post-test design. The participant (n=48) was randomly divided into three groups. The control group was not given any intervention (n=16), intervention group 1 was given regular neck pillow without ASMR stimulation (n=16), and intervention group 2 was given SIBALERA (n=16). ASMR stimulation was given by hearing twenty minutes before the participants went to sleep at night for two weeks.The attention function were measured used the Attention Network Test (ANT) the day before and after the intervention. Results: The result showed a significant difference scores of attention functions including alerting, orienting, and executive in the intervention group 2 (p<0.001) than the other two groups. Conclusion: In summary, SIBALERA with ASMR stimulation can effectively improve the attention function.
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Objective To explore the impairment of attention network function in male patients with alcohol use disorder(AUD) and the main influencing factors of attention network function. Methods Forty-one patients with AUD after withdrawal therapy and 34 healthy controls (HC) matched with their demograph-ic data were selected as subjects of study. Attention function were assessed by attention network test (ANT). Results Compared with the healthy control group((30. 62±19. 74)ms,(98. 59±1. 46)%),there were sig-nificant differences in the reaction time of alerting network(t=-2. 479,P=0. 015) and the correct rate of the attention network test(t=-2. 074,P=0. 044) in the AUD group((17. 02±26. 42)ms,( 95. 07±10. 73)%). Pearson correlation analysis showed the alert network of AUD was negatively correlated with the age of first drinking(r=-0. 316,P=0. 044) and was positively correlated with the score of Penn alcohol craving scale (PACS) (r=0. 364,P=0. 019). The correct rate of attention network function in patients with AUD was negatively correlated with the years for education ( r=-0. 343, P=0. 028) and years for addiction ( r=-0. 337,P=0. 031). Linear regression analysis showed the attention network function of AUD patients was affected by the age of first drinking(β=0. 432,t=2. 079,P=0. 046),the years for addiction(β=-0. 555,t=-3. 127,P=0. 004) and years for uncontrol drinking(β=0. 309,t=2. 074,P=0. 047). Conclusion The AUD patients were demonstrated deficit in the alerting network. The impairment of attention function of AUD patients were influenced by their drinking condition.
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OBJECTIVES: Although the Attention Network Test(ANT) has been widely used to assess selective attention including alerting, orienting, and conflict processing, data on its test-retest reliability are lacking for clinical population. The objective of the current study was to investigate test-retest reliability of the ANT in healthy controls and patients with schizophrenia. METHODS: Fourteen patients with schizophrenia and 23 healthy controls participated in the study. They are tested with ANT twice with 1 week interval. Test–retest reliability was analyzed with Pearson and Intra-class correlations. RESULTS: Patients with schizophrenia showed high test–retest correlations for mean reaction time, orienting effect, and conflict effect. Also, they showed moderate to high test-retest correlations for mean accuracy and moderate test-retest correlations for alerting effect and conflict error rate. On the other hand, healthy controls revealed high test–retest correlations for mean reaction time and moderate to high test-retest correlations for conflict error rate. In addition, they revealed moderate test-retest correlations for alert effect, orienting effect, and conflict effect. CONCLUSIONS: The mean reaction time, alerting effect, orienting effect, conflict effect, and conflict error rate of ANT showed acceptable test–retest reliabilities in healthy controls as well as patient with schizophrenia. Therefore, the analyses of these reliable measures of ANT are recommended for case-control studies in patients with schizophrenia.
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Objectives To investigate the relationship between different exercise types and the attention network.Methods A total of 75 university students were enrolled and randomly divided into an open-skill exercise group,a closed-skill exercise group and an irregular exercise control group,each of 25.They underwent the exercise as their group names implied.Then the attention network test was performed to evaluate their functions of the alerting network,orienting network and executive control network.Results Significant differences were found in the function of the executive control network among the 3 groups,while no significant difference was found among the 3 groups in the functions of the alerting network and orienting network.Conclusions Both open-and closed-skill exercise are associated with better function of executive control network.Furthermore,open-skill exercise showes more benefits than closed-skill exercise in promoting the function of the executive control network.Neither opennor closed-skill exercise bring benefits to the function of the alerting or orienting network.
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Objective To investigate the effects of acupuncture at bilateral ST36 (Zusanli) on attention networks in healthy subjects.Methods The attention network test was used to compare the effects of after acupuncture at ST36 with the effects of before acupuncture on the efficiency of three anatomically defined attention networks:alerting,orienting,and executive control in 40 health university students.Results The alerting network effect was significantly higher (t=4.125,P＜0.001) after acupuncture ((45.60±3.49) ms) than before acupuncture ((33.20±2.88) ms).The executive control network efficiency was significantly higher (t=2.638,P＜0.05) after acupuncture ((87.97±4.21) ms) than before acupuncture ((97.67±4.66) ms).The orienting network efficiency was higher after acupuncture than before acupuncture,but there was no significant difference (P＞0.05).The average reaction time was significantly lower (t=4.848,P＜0.001) after acupuncture ((559.13 ± 10.66) ms) than before acupuncture ((590.57±12.80) ms).Conclusions These results suggest that there are selective enhancements of the alerting and executive control networks after acupuncture,while the orienting network is spared.
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Objective To investigate the effect of tonic pain stimulation on the attention network test (ANT) . Methods Twenty healthy males recruited from university were enrolled in this study, and laboratory pain was induced by cuff pressure stimulation on the upper arm. All subjects performed the task separately under pain, no-pain and pressure conditions. The reaction time and accuracy rate of the ANT were quantified. The subjective pain perception was assessed by the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire ( SF-MPQ) . Results Across three conditions, the executive network showed significant pain effect (F = 76.31 , P< 0.001) : no-pain condition at (92.51 ±35.71 )ms, pressure condition at (94.06 ±25. 28) ms, pain condition at ( 120.24 ± 18.21 )ms. Furthermore, the average reaction time and the A-scores (i. e. affective words) in SF-MPQ caused by pain was positively correlated ( r = 0.11, P = 0.03) . Conclusion Pain can result in deficit in the executive network for attention regulation. The negative affections caused by pain can interfere with attention.