Introduction : This study determined the effect of Just Dance Kinect™M on the attention span of selected college students in the UERMMMCI College of Allied Rehabilitation Sciences. Methods : Study subiects underwent a two-week intervention by playing Just Dance Kinect™ for ten minutes each session thrice a week. The pre- and post-intervention attention span scores were determined using the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychologic Status and compared. Results : There was a significant 8-point increase in the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychologic Status attention span scores of 30 participants after two weeks of intervention with Just Dance Kinect™. No adverse events were reported by the participants. Conclusion Just Dance Kinect™ appears to be potentially beneficial in improving attention span among college students
Attention ; Dancing

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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

Introduction: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD) and Tourrete Syndrome(TS) commonly co-occur, imposing a special challenge in the management. Case report: This is a case of a nine year old boy with ADHD and TS, who had been on methylphenidate, risperidone, fluvoxamine and atomoxetine, alone and in combination. Tics worsened with methylphenidate but improved after its withdrawal, and the addition of risperidone and fluvoxamine. Later, atomoxetine was added which worsened the tics, even when it was removed. Significant improvement in the tics were only obvious when fluvoxamine was taken off. Discussion: The possible roles of dopamine and serotonin neurotransmission, and metabolism of cytochrome P450 D26 in the pathophysiology were discussed. Conclusion: The use of multiple medications need cautious consideration and monitoring in a child patient to avoid unwanted complications and risks.
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

For the past three decades, considerable attentions have been paid to the search for stressors, stress outcomes and stress modifiers that may reduce the impact of exposure to environmental stressors. Especially medical sociologists and psychologists in medical parts, had an intellectual contribution to the development of stress research. They have presented an excellent opportunity to examine how deeply well-being is affected by the socially structured arrangements of people's lives and by the continuous experiences that result from these arrangements. The predominant concern has been with the role of coping resources, especially social support, coping and so on. The majority of studies report modest but significant positive association between life event levels and physical and mental symtomatology. In particular, the importance of considering psychosocial factors that may modify the effects of stressors on the risk factors for diseases or onset of illness has been emphasized increasingly. Clearly, stress is a complex process in which social, psychological and physiological environments simultaneously affect well-being. This study was performed to document the effect of psychosocial factors such social support, coping, personality traits which had been well known as stress modifiers in the stress process.
Attention ; Psychology* ; Risk Factors

Attention shapes what we see and what we act upon by allocating limited resources to certain parts of visual display in a selective and adaptive manner. While most previous studies in visual attention mainly focused on the attentional distribution over space or features, recent studies have revealed that temporal dynamics also plays a crucial function in visual attention. This paper reviews the representation, function and neural mechanism of temporal dynamics in visual attention from the following four aspects: (1) Tracking dynamic structure of external stimulus by attention; (2) Intrinsic dynamic characteristics of attention; (3) Time-based multiple object representation; (4) Relationship between visual dynamics and classical attentional phenomena. We propose that the dynamic structure and temporal organization are fundamental to visual attention, and the research on it might provide new solutions to many unresolved issues in visual attention research.
Attention ; Humans ; Visual Perception

In evaluating the esophago-gastric junction, many difficulties are well known in a single contrast study, andit may often be resolved with double contrast technique. By double contrast technique, the special en face viewfor the esophago-gastric junction was obtained in 298 cases at Inje Medical College Paik Hospital from Jan. 1981 to June 1981. Five basic patterns were recognized and classifed from type I to V. Their incidences were obtained.-type I ; 18%, type II; 50%, type III; 23% type IV ; 7%, type V; 2%. The most common position of patients is left lateral, and zero degree is the most common at elevation of fluoroscopic table. Type III is the most common typeof the esophage-gastric junction in inspiration, and type I expiration. Any significant deviations from thesenormal geometry of the esophago-gastric junction as displayed by double contrast study, indicate an abnormality.More special attentions are required to evaluate a minute pathologic condition of the esophago-gastric junction.
Attention ; Humans ; Incidence

Purpose: Attention defi cit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder in children persisting into adulthood. Evidence suggests that the condition is etiologically related to delayed brain maturation. The detection of the presence of neurological soft signs can be a means to assess neuromaturation. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of neurological soft signs in ADHD patients and determine any correlation between the presence of neurological soft signs with age, gender, severity and type of ADHD which could give further insights into this disorder. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Child Neurology and Developmental Pediatrics outpatient clinic which included patients 6-18 years old diagnosed with ADHD as well as healthy controls. Patients with other neurodevelopmental conditions (intellectual disability, metabolic disorder, cerebral palsy, abnormal MRI fi ndings), or any condition that may lead to failure to complete the given tasks such as physical handicaps were excluded. Neurological soft signs were measured by utilizing the Physical and Neurological Evaluation for Soft Signs (PANESS) scale. Key Findings: A total of 48 patients between 6 and 18 years of age (24 ADHD patients and 24 healthy controls) were examined. Neurological soft signs were signifi cantly higher in patients with ADHD and were present regardless of gender, type and severity of ADHD. ADHD patients performed worse on the given tasks as evidenced by higher PANESS scores. There was a weak negative correlation between neurological soft signs and age indicating that soft sign scores decrease with increasing age. There was no statistically signifi cant difference in neurological soft sign scores between those with medication versus without treatment, except for dysrhythmia which was signifi cantly higher in the drug-naive group. Significance Neurological soft signs are common in patients with ADHD and add scientifi c evidence to the predictive value of neurological soft signs as indicators of the severity of functional impairment in ADHD. The prevalence of neurological soft signs is much higher in children with ADHD than in controls which may have the potential to improve sensitivity in the diagnosis of ADHD.
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

This is a case of an 8-year-old male patient diagnosed with class 1 angle malocclusion, 9 mm overjet and 4.5 mm overbite, with thumb-sucking habit. The patient also has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The goal of this study is to identify and determine appropriate orthodontics treatment management for patients with ADHD. Management behavior using behavioral shaping and tell-show-do technique during orthodontic treatment in patients with special needs contributes to how well the patient will cooperate with the dentists during treatment.
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity

OBJECTIVETo explore the attention characteristics of children with different clinical subtypes of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to provide a basis for clinical intervention.

METHODSA total of 345 children diagnosed with ADHD were selected and the subtypes were identified. Attention assessment was performed by the intermediate visual and auditory continuous performance test at diagnosis, and the visual and auditory attention characteristics were compared between children with different subtypes. A total of 122 normal children were recruited in the control group and their attention characteristics were compared with those of children with ADHD.

RESULTSThe scores of full scale attention quotient (AQ) and full scale response control quotient (RCQ) of children with all three subtypes of ADHD were significantly lower than those of normal children (P<0.01). The score of auditory RCQ was significantly lower than that of visual RCQ in children with ADHD-hyperactive/impulsive subtype (P<0.05). The scores of auditory AQ and speed quotient (SQ) were significantly higher than those of visual AQ and SQ in three subtypes of ADHD children (P<0.01), while the score of visual precaution quotient (PQ) was significantly higher than that of auditory PQ (P<0.01). No significant differences in auditory or visual AQ were observed between the three subtypes of ADHD.

CONCLUSIONSThe attention function of children with ADHD is worse than that of normal children, and the impairment of visual attention function is severer than that of auditory attention function. The degree of functional impairment of visual or auditory attention shows no significant differences between three subtypes of ADHD.

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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity* ; Epilepsy*