Cognitive Disorders Ch. 1 Attention

What does the cocktail party problem refer to in the study of attention?

The mechanisms that allow humans to selectively attend to auditory stimulus in noisy environments

Which two concepts are identified as the most important features of attention in the neuropsychological literature?

capacity limitation and selection

According to Treisman’s filter attenuation model, what occurs with unselected stimuli?

They are attenuated, making them potentially available for further analysis.

Which of the following statements regarding attention in patients with traumatic brain injury is supported by the text?

research indicates that patients with TBI often exhibit impairments in sustained attention

What does research suggest about the nature of attention deficits in individuals with aphasia

They are domain general, affecting both linguistic and non-linguistic tasks

The sustained attention to response test (SART) is primarily designed to assess which type of attention?

sustained attention

Which type of dementia lists fluctuating cognition with pronounced variations in attention and alertness’ as a core diagnostic feature?

Dementia with lewy bodies

Which of the following is considered a restorative approach to attention treatment?

direct training of attention

In Sohlberg and Mateer’s updated (2010) clinical taxonomy, what are the major components of attention?

sustained attention and executive control of attention

The central bottleneck argues that cognitive resources related to response selection must be:

sequentially allocated to specific tasks