Assessing the Three Attentional Networks and Vigilance in the Adolescence Stages
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Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, 00185 Roma, Italy
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Instituto de Estudios Sociales y Humanísticos, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago de Chile 7500000, Chile
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Dipartimento di Psicologia Dinamica, Clinica e Salute, Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, 00185 Roma, Italy
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Brain Sci. 2021, 11(4), 503; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11040503
Received: 24 February 2021
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Revised: 6 April 2021
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Accepted: 14 April 2021
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Published: 16 April 2021
Attention involves three functionally and neuroanatomically distinct neural networks: alerting, orienting, and executive control. This study aimed to assess the attentional networks and vigilance in adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years using the attentional network test for interaction and vigilance (ANTI-V). One hundred and eighty-two adolescents divided into three groups (early adolescents, middle adolescents, late adolescents) participated in the study. The results indicate that after age 15, adolescents adopt a more conservative response strategy and increase the monitoring of self-errors. All the attentional networks seem to continue to develop during the age range considered in this study (10–19 y). Performance improved from early adolescence to middle adolescence and began to stabilize in late adolescence. Moreover, a low level of vigilance seems to harm alerting and orienting abilities.
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Keywords:
attention; alerting; orienting; executive control; ANTI-V; adolescents
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Giovannoli, J.; Martella, D.; Casagrande, M. Assessing the Three Attentional Networks and Vigilance in the Adolescence Stages. Brain Sci. 2021, 11, 503. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11040503
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Giovannoli J, Martella D, Casagrande M. Assessing the Three Attentional Networks and Vigilance in the Adolescence Stages. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(4):503. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11040503
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovannoli, Jasmine, Diana Martella, and Maria Casagrande. 2021. "Assessing the Three Attentional Networks and Vigilance in the Adolescence Stages" Brain Sciences 11, no. 4: 503. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11040503
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