The distribution of attention in RSVP tasks and its sensitivity to affect, personality traits and estradiol
Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In this thesis, the influences of positive and negative affect state, the personality trait neuroticism, and the hormone estradiol on selective attention are explored in three studies. In Study 1 a double-stream RSVP paradigm was used to explore if attention can be spatially diffused and focused by affect. A spatial interpretation of the diffuse mental state was not found. Study 2 studied the distribution of attention as influenced by neuroticism and cognitive control. Results confirmed that as expected low control lowered relative power difference between the ssVEP responses to the two streams. In Study 3, the effect of fluctuating estradiol over the menstrual cycle on attention was investigated with alpha asymmetry as a possible mediator. Results indicate relationships between alpha and estradiol, and between alpha and performance.
Author: Dhinakaran, Janani
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2310815452