Electrophysiological Correlates of Response Time in a Vigilant Attention Task

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2022 Jul:2022:2340-2343. doi: 10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871442.

Abstract

Early detection of a deficit in vigilant attention can allow for user notification or intervention. In this paper, Electrophysiological correlates of vigilant attention from a random-dot motion task were explored. Using only frontal (Fz) and parietal (Pz) EEG channels, spectral features of response time were determined. Notably, significant differ-ences in high-beta, gamma and alpha frequency bands were found between fast and slow reaction times. These results are interpreted in line with the relevant literature on arousal, off-task thought and active visuospatial attentional suppression. The presence of response-locked time-domain features was analysed. However, motor-related features obfuscated these features.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Arousal*
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Wakefulness*