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We present a new exercise to promote attention and impulse control with adults that we are sure you will like very much: Waiter in Action! What does it consist of? The patients, who take on the role of waiters, have to be attentive to the restaurant’s orders. They must serve each customer the ordered dish, …
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is characterized by overt symptoms of inattention and/or impulsivity-hyperactivity. It is estimated that in each classroom there is, on average, one child with ADHD. In a previous blog post, we already talked about its symptoms, diagnosis and treatment and today, on the occasion of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Awareness Month and …
What is attention? Attention is a basic, multidimensional cognitive ability, essential for information processing[1]. On the one hand, it is considered basic because it is essential for the correct functioning of higher-order psychological processes such as learning, by receiving, selecting and assimilating/interpreting stimuli that will later be encoded and stored in an organized manner in …
We live in a time in which we are swamped with stimuli that make it difficult for us to maintain attention on a task. It is becoming more common to watch a movie while reading the news on the computer and texting on the phone at the same time. We are now used to perform several tasks simultaneously, but do we really pay enough attention to what we are doing? How can we tell when we are dealing with attention problems? Can attention be trained?
