Chantel S Prat, Brianna L Yamasaki, Erica R Peterson
Individual Differences in Resting-state Brain Rhythms Uniquely Predict Second Language Learning Rate and Willingness to Communicate in Adults
Journal of cognitive neuroscience
intrinsic phasic alertness basic aspects attention intensity probably constituting basis complex capacitydemanding aspects attention selectivity intrinsic alertness represents cognitive control wakefulness arousal typically assessed simple reaction time tasks without preceding warning stimulus phasic alertness contrast called reaction time tasks warning stimulus precedes target represents ability increase response readiness subsequent external cueing report pet fmri data literature experiments delineate cortical subcortical networks subserving alertness sustained attention another aspect attention intensity spatial orienting attention irrespective stimulus modality seems exist mostly righthemispheric frontal parietal thalamic brainstem network coactivated alerting orienting attentional demands findings corroborate hypothesis frontal modulation brainstem activation probably via reticular nucleus thalamus coactivation posterior attention system involved spatial orienting anterior alerting network conditions phasic alertness additional activations lefthemisphere frontal parietal structures interpreted basal aspects attention selectivity rather additional features alerting