Eliminating the attentional blink through binaural beats: A case for tailored cognitive enhancement

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Susan A. Reedijk¹  Anne eBolders¹  Lorenza S Colzato¹  Bernhard eHommel¹ 

[1] Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition;Leiden University;

关键词: Attention;    Attentional Blink;    Dopamine;    neurotransmitters;    cognitive enhancement;    binaural beats;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyt.2015.00082

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Enhancing human cognitive performance is a topic that continues to spark scientific interest. Studies into cognitive enhancement techniques often fail to take inter-individual differences into account, however, which leads to underestimation of the effectiveness of these techniques. The current study investigated the effect of binaural beats, a cognitive enhancement technique, on attentional control in an attentional blink task. As predicted from a neurocognitive approach to cognitive control, high-frequency binaural beats eliminated the attentional blink, but only in individuals with low spontaneous eye-blink rates (indicating low striatal dopamine levels). This suggests that the way in which cognitive enhancement techniques, such as binaural beats, affect cognitive performance depends on inter-individual differences.

【 授权许可】

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