Retzler, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-0008-3104, Groom, M.J., Johnson, S. et al. (1 more author) (2025) The Impact of Motivation on Sustained Attention in Very Preterm and Term-born Children: An ERP Study. Journal of Attention Disorders. ISSN 1087-0547
Abstract
Objective: To compare the effect of motivational features on sustained attention in children born very preterm and at term. Method: EEG was recorded while 34 8-to-11-year-old children born very preterm and 34 term-born peers completed two variants of a cued continuous performance task (CPT-AX); a standard CPT-AX with basic shape stimuli, and structurally similar motivating variant, with a storyline, familiar characters, and feedback. Results: Higher hit rates, quicker response times and larger event-related potential (ERP) amplitudes were observed during the motivating, compared with the standard, task. Although groups did not differ in task performance, between-task differences in ERPs associated with orienting were larger in term-born than very preterm children. Conclusion: The findings add to previous evidence of disruption to the brain networks that support salience detection and selective attention in children born preterm. Manipulations that increase intrinsic motivation can promote sustained attention in both term-born and very preterm children.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2025. This is an author produced version of an article published in Journal of Attention Disorders. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | attention; very preterm; motivation; arousal |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2025 15:11 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2025 15:11 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/10870547251313888 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:222533 |