@article{ref1,
title="Attentional lapses are reduced by repeated stimuli having own-name during a monotonous task",
journal="PLoS one",
year="2018",
author="Kaida, Kosuke and Abe, Takashi",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="e0194065-e0194065",
abstract="The goal of the present study was to examine the effect of listening to self-relevant words (i.e., one's own name) on vigilant attention, arousal, and subjective sleepiness during performance of a psychomotor vigilance test (PVT). Twenty-one participants aged 20-26 years (22.2 ± 1.76) performed a PVT in four experimental conditions: one in which their own full name was pronounced every 20 s in the stimuli epochs, one in which their full name was pronounced in inverted form, one in which beeps were played, and a control condition with no stimuli. Listening to personal names reduced attentional lapses during the PVT (i.e., the number of reaction times no less than 500 ms). The results are a first step in applying the name effect to technologies and devices aimed at maintaining arousal levels and preventing accidents during a monotonous task, such as driving.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1932-6203",
doi="10.1371/journal.pone.0194065",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194065"
}