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Attentional Control is Partially Impaired in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

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dc.contributor.author Baykal, Tülek
dc.contributor.author Atalay, Nart Bedin
dc.contributor.author Kanat, Fikret
dc.contributor.author Suerdem, Mecit
dc.date.accessioned 2020-05-16T15:26:06Z
dc.date.available 2020-05-16T15:26:06Z
dc.date.issued 2013-08
dc.identifier.citation Tulek, B.; Atalay, N.B.; Kanat, F.; Suerdem, M.,"Attentional Control is Partially Impaired in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome",Journal of Sleep Research, (2013). tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn 09621105
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12416/3875
dc.description.abstract Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is associated with executive cognitive impairment. An important question is whether impairment in executive functioning in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is independent of dysfunction in attention. Attentional control is a subcomponent of executive functioning that is mediated by frontal lobe processing. In the current study, we investigated whether attentional control is deficient in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Attentional control processes were investigated through conflict adaptation and conflict frequency paradigms. These neuropsychological paradigms were assessed by using the Simon, Flanker and Stroop tasks. We additionally analysed post-error slowing data within these tasks. Error processing is another index of cognitive control that is mediated by frontal lobe functioning. Our sample consisted of 14 healthy adults and 24 patients with untreated moderate-severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Results indicated that attentional control is partially dysfunctional among patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Attentional control processes were deficient when focal attention (Flanker task) processes were involved, but were intact when observed using the Simon and Stroop tasks. A non-significant trend in post-error slowing data suggested that error processing, assessed with the Flanker task, was diminished among patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. These results support the view that obstructive sleep apnea syndrome leads to some amount of frontal lobe dysfunction, and that attentional control and error processing might be particularly affected by obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. tr_TR
dc.language.iso eng tr_TR
dc.relation.isversionof 10.1111/jsr.12038 tr_TR
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess tr_TR
dc.subject Conflict Adaptation tr_TR
dc.subject Conflict Frequency tr_TR
dc.subject Obstructive Sleep Apnea tr_TR
dc.subject Post-Error Slowing tr_TR
dc.title Attentional Control is Partially Impaired in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome tr_TR
dc.type article tr_TR
dc.relation.journal Journal of Sleep Research tr_TR
dc.contributor.authorID 102366 tr_TR
dc.identifier.volume 22 tr_TR
dc.identifier.issue 4 tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage 422 tr_TR
dc.identifier.endpage 429 tr_TR
dc.contributor.department Çankaya Üniversitesi, Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Psikoloji Bölümü tr_TR


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