ReviewAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences2017
Recent theoretical, neural, and clinical advances in sustained attention research.
Review in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06782360 (CAMSAN), which is not on this map. Cited by 127 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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CAMSAN: Cognitive Augmentation Via Multimodal Sensing and Auricular Neurostimulation
Who cites it
127 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effect of classroom physical activity breaks on learning behaviors and academic achievements in university students: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Mental fatigue and brain activation using prolonged task-based fMRI: a systematic review on time-on-task and sequential task paradigms.Experimental brain research · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of emotional valence of mind wandering on sustained attention performance.Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition · 2025Pooled it
- Age differences in sustained attention tasks: A meta-analysis.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of mindfulness training on sustained attention and mind-wandering in older adults: results from the HealthyAgers randomized controlled trial.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2026Trial
- Can transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation mitigate vigilance loss? Examining the effects of stimulation at individualized versus constant current intensity.Psychophysiology · 2025Trial
- Effort Mobilization and Lapses of Sustained Attention.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2022Trial
- Qigong exercise enhances cognitive functions in the elderly via an interleukin-6-hippocampus pathway: A randomized active-controlled trial.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2021Trial
- Molecular genetic influences on sustained attention and executive processes and their links with psychopathology in the AFFECT study.Molecular psychiatry · 2026Article
- Lapses of attention.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Review
- Beyond vigilance: A dual-process perspective on visual sustained attention.Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience · 2026Article
- Associations between Finger-Dexterity Dual Task and Neuropsychological Tests in Middle-Aged and Older Adults.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2026Article
- Bidirectional Influences Between Psychophysiological State and Performance in Olympic Shooting: The Role of Attention and Autonomic Function.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Article
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- Feature overlap in transdiagnostic connectome-based models of sustained attention and autism symptoms.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Brain Activity During the Gradual-Onset Continuous Performance Task in Adolescents: An Exploratory fMRI Study.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Selective Attention Dynamics in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Role for Sensory Processing Asymmetry?Biological psychiatry global open science · 2026Article
- Aberrant functional connectivity and Granger causality analysis in patients with β-thalassemia major.Annals of hematology · 2026Article
- Spectral and non-spectral EEG measures in the prediction of working memory task performance and psychopathology.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The association between executive function and eye-hand coordination in older adults: the partial mediation of attention, global cognition, and muscle strength.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
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Abstract
Models of attention often distinguish among attention subtypes, with classic models separating orienting, switching, and sustaining functions. Compared with other forms of attention, the neurophysiological basis of sustaining attention has received far less notice, yet it is known that momentary failures of sustained attention can have far-ranging negative effects in healthy individuals, and lasting sustained attention deficits are pervasive in clinical populations. In recent years, however, there has been increased interest in characterizing moment-to-moment fluctuations in sustained attention, in addition to the overall vigilance decrement, and understanding how these neurocognitive systems change over the life span and across various clinical populations. The use of novel neuroimaging paradigms and statistical approaches has allowed for better characterization of the neural networks supporting sustained attention and has highlighted dynamic interactions within and across multiple distributed networks that predict behavioral performance. These advances have also provided potential biomarkers to identify individuals with sustained attention deficits. These findings have led to new theoretical models explaining why sustaining focused attention is a challenge for individuals and form the basis for the next generation of sustained attention research, which seeks to accurately diagnose and develop theoretically driven treatments for sustained attention deficits that affect a variety of clinical populations.
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