Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns

Abstract When engaged in a search task, one needs to arbitrate between exploring and exploiting the environment to optimize the outcome. Many intrinsic, task and environmental factors are known to influence the exploration/exploitation balance. Here, in a non clinical population, we show that the le...

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Autores principales:	Charlotte Van den Driessche, Françoise Chevrier, Axel Cleeremans, Jérôme Sackur
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2019
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0220751b2a4d4d25a18e3cca99319fbb2021-12-02T15:08:45ZLower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns10.1038/s41598-019-46761-02045-2322https://doaj.org/article/0220751b2a4d4d25a18e3cca99319fbb2019-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46761-0https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract When engaged in a search task, one needs to arbitrate between exploring and exploiting the environment to optimize the outcome. Many intrinsic, task and environmental factors are known to influence the exploration/exploitation balance. Here, in a non clinical population, we show that the level of inattention (assessed as a trait) is one such factor: children with higher scores on an ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) questionnaire exhibited longer transitions between consecutively retrieved items, in both a visual and a semantic search task. These more frequent exploration behaviours were associated with differential performance patterns: children with higher levels of ADHD traits performed better in semantic search, while their performance was unaffected in visual search. Our results contribute to the growing literature suggesting that ADHD should not be simply conceived as a pure deficit of attention, but also as a specific cognitive strategy that may prove beneficial in some contexts.Charlotte Van den DriesscheFrançoise ChevrierAxel CleeremansJérôme SackurNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2019)
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description	Abstract When engaged in a search task, one needs to arbitrate between exploring and exploiting the environment to optimize the outcome. Many intrinsic, task and environmental factors are known to influence the exploration/exploitation balance. Here, in a non clinical population, we show that the level of inattention (assessed as a trait) is one such factor: children with higher scores on an ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) questionnaire exhibited longer transitions between consecutively retrieved items, in both a visual and a semantic search task. These more frequent exploration behaviours were associated with differential performance patterns: children with higher levels of ADHD traits performed better in semantic search, while their performance was unaffected in visual search. Our results contribute to the growing literature suggesting that ADHD should not be simply conceived as a pure deficit of attention, but also as a specific cognitive strategy that may prove beneficial in some contexts.
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author	Charlotte Van den Driessche Françoise Chevrier Axel Cleeremans Jérôme Sackur
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title	Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns
title_short	Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns
title_full	Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns
title_fullStr	Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns
title_full_unstemmed	Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns
title_sort	lower attentional skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2019
url	https://doaj.org/article/0220751b2a4d4d25a18e3cca99319fbb
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Lower Attentional Skills predict increased exploratory foraging patterns

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