• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.66-73
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• 2019

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the trajectory of change of diverse attention and working memory in Koreans from 4 to 40 years of age. Methods: The data of 912 subjects from 4 to 15 years of age obtained from a previous standardization study of the computerized comprehensive attention test were merged with the newly obtained data of 150 subjects aged 16 to 40 years from this study. We evaluated the various kinds of attention, in which each subtest had five indicators. Working memory, with parameters such as number of correct responses and span, was also measured. Results: Our findings indicated that attention developed as age increased, and it decreased or was maintained after a certain age. Selective and sustained attention developed rapidly in children and adolescents, until mid-teens or 20 s when it ceased development. Divided attention, however, developed up to approximately age 20. In addition, working memory developed until mid-teens or 20 s. Conclusion: We presented the standardized data on diverse kinds of attention and working memory in children, adolescents, and adults in Korea. We could recognize any patterns of change in attention and working memory with increasing age.

• 인지과학
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.125-142
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• 2008

본 연구는 공간-기반 주의(space-based attention)와 대상-기반 주의(object-based attention)가 공간 및 시각 작업기억에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 두 가지 주의 자원 양상이 모두 관여하는 공간 스트룹 과제를 이용하여 작업기억의 재인율을 측정하였다. 작업기억과 공간 스트룹 과제의 자극 배열의 유사성 조건은 작업기억 과제 수행 시 공간 시연에 미치는 공간-기반 주의의 영향을 살펴보고자 구성되었으며, 스트룹 조건은 작업기억 과제 수행시 대상에 대한 시연에 미치는 대상-기반 주의의 영향을 살펴보고자 하였다. 그 결과, 공간 작업기억과 공간 스트룹 과제의 자극 배열의 유사성이 높은 조건에서 공간 작업기억의 재인율이 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 스트룹 조건에 따라서는 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 시각 작업기억의 재인율은 스트룹 일치조건보다 불일치조건에서 더 저조한 것으로 나타났으며, 유사성 조건에 따라서는 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 작업기억에서 요구되는 자원의 양상과 선택적 주의 자원의 양상이 동일한 경우에만 선택적 주의가 작업기억에 영향을 준다는 것을 시사하는 것이다.

• 한국정보과학회 언어공학연구회:학술대회논문집(한글 및 한국어 정보처리)
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• 한국정보과학회언어공학연구회 2018년도 제30회 한글 및 한국어 정보처리 학술대회
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• pp.31-34
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• 2018

대화 시스템에서 사람과 기계와의 모든 발화에서 발생하는 상황들을 모두 규칙화할 수 없기 때문에 자연스러운 대화가 단절되는 breakdown 현상이 빈번하게 일어날 수 있다. 이런 현상이 발생하는 이유는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 대화에서는 다양한 도메인이 등장하기 때문에 시스템이 커버할 수 있는 리소스가 부족하며, 둘째, 대화 데이터에서 학습을 위한 annotation되어 있는 많은 양의 코퍼스를 보유하기에는 한계가 있으며, 모델에 모든 대화 흐름의 히스토리를 반영하기 어렵다. 이런 한계점이 존재함에도 breakdown detection은 자연스러운 대화 시스템을 위해서는 필수적인 기능이다. 본 논문은 이런 이슈들을 해소하기 위해서 memory attention기반의 새로운 모델을 제안하였다. 제안한 모델은 대화내에 발화에 대해 memory attention을 이용하여 과거 히스토리가 반영되기 때문에 자연스러운 대화흐름을 잘 detection할 수 있으며, 기존 모델과의 성능비교에서 state-of-the art 결과를 도출하였다.

• 한국인지과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국인지과학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.13-17
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• 2010

Consciousness is really regarded as too ambiguous a concept to be understood and accepted as a mental construct without the inclusion of memory and attention in any conceptualization. However we need one criterion to count satisfactorily as an explanation of consciousness in information processing. An operational working definition of consciousness could be made in comparison of memory and attention: Consciousness would be a subjective awareness of momentary experience and also have the characteristics of an operating system performing control and consolidation information processing. This could be called a cognitive consciousness. It is possible that some distinctions between consciousness, memory and attention can be made conceptually and functionally from the perspectives of information processing.

• 대한청각학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.178-188
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• 2021

Background and Objectives: The influence of musical aptitude on cognitive test performance in musicians is a long-debated research question. Evidence points to the low performance of nonmusicians in visual and auditory cognitive tasks (working memory and attention) compared with musicians. This cannot be generalized to all nonmusicians, as a sub-group in this population can have innate musical abilities even without any formal musical training. The present study aimed to study the effect of musical aptitude on the working memory and selective attention. Subjects and Methods: Three groups of 20 individuals each (a total of 60 participants), including trained-musicians, nonmusicians with good musical aptitude, and nonmusicians with low musical aptitude, participated in the present study. Cognitive-based visual (Flanker's selective attention test) and auditory (working memory tests: backward digit span and operation span) tests were administered. Results: MANOVA (followed by ANOVA) revealed a benefit of musicianship and musical aptitude on backward digit span and Flanker's reaction time (p<0.05). Discriminant function analyses showed that the groups could be effectively (accuracy, 80%) segregated based on the backward digit span and Flanker's selective attention test. Trained musicians and nonmusicians with good musical aptitude were distinguished as one cluster and nonmusicians with low musical aptitude formed another cluster, hinting the role of musical aptitude in working memory and selective attention. Conclusions: Nonmusicians with good musical aptitude can have enhanced working memory and selective attention skills like musicians. Hence, caution is required when these individuals are included as controls in cognitive-based visual and auditory experiments.

• Journal of Audiology & Otology
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.178-188
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• 2021

Background and Objectives: The influence of musical aptitude on cognitive test performance in musicians is a long-debated research question. Evidence points to the low performance of nonmusicians in visual and auditory cognitive tasks (working memory and attention) compared with musicians. This cannot be generalized to all nonmusicians, as a sub-group in this population can have innate musical abilities even without any formal musical training. The present study aimed to study the effect of musical aptitude on the working memory and selective attention. Subjects and Methods: Three groups of 20 individuals each (a total of 60 participants), including trained-musicians, nonmusicians with good musical aptitude, and nonmusicians with low musical aptitude, participated in the present study. Cognitive-based visual (Flanker's selective attention test) and auditory (working memory tests: backward digit span and operation span) tests were administered. Results: MANOVA (followed by ANOVA) revealed a benefit of musicianship and musical aptitude on backward digit span and Flanker's reaction time (p<0.05). Discriminant function analyses showed that the groups could be effectively (accuracy, 80%) segregated based on the backward digit span and Flanker's selective attention test. Trained musicians and nonmusicians with good musical aptitude were distinguished as one cluster and nonmusicians with low musical aptitude formed another cluster, hinting the role of musical aptitude in working memory and selective attention. Conclusions: Nonmusicians with good musical aptitude can have enhanced working memory and selective attention skills like musicians. Hence, caution is required when these individuals are included as controls in cognitive-based visual and auditory experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2017

Objectives: Executive dysfunction including working memory deficit has been suggested to be one of the major neuropsychological etiologies of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The purpose of this study was to investigate the augmentative effects of Cogmed working memory training on the symptoms and neurocognitive functions in medicated children and adolescents with ADHD. Methods: Twenty-five children with ADHD, aged 7 to 19 years, taking ADHD medication participated in this study. The participants were trained for 5 weeks with a commercially available and computerized working memory program ($Cogmed^{(R)}$) without any changes to their medication. The Korean version of the ADHD Rating Scale, Clinical Global Impression Scale, and Comprehensive Attention Test were administered before training and 4 weeks and 7 months after training, respectively. Results: After completing the training, the clinical symptoms and function, rated by the parents and clinician, were improved. In addition, the level of commission errors was significantly reduced in the selective attention (visual/auditory) task, sustained attention to response task, and flanker task. The untrained visuospatial short-term memory and working memory were also improved. These effects were still observed 7 months after the training. Conclusion: Cogmed working memory training can be a promising training option for the additional improvement of the symptoms and deficits in working memory and response inhibition in medicated children with ADHD.

• 재활치료과학
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.57-65
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• 2014

목적 : 본 연구는 뇌졸중 환자를 대상으로 스마트폰 인지 어플리케이션을 이용한 집중력과 기억력 효과를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구방법 : 단일사례연구 방법 중 ABA 설계를 사용하여 기초선 A 5회, 중재기 B 10회, 기초선 A' 5회기로 총 20회기를 총 4주에 걸쳐 적용하였다. 기초선 A와 기초선 A' 기간에는 별도의 중재를 하지 않았고 중재기 B 기간 동안 '기억의 달인(숫자, 도형, 과일 모드)'과 'Matching cute animals'라는 어플리케이션을 통해 중재하였다. 전 회기에 걸쳐 '기억의 달인(랜덤 모드)'과 'Memory free(그림외우기)'어플리케이션을 이용해 기억력과 집중력을 평가하였다. 결과 자료는 그래프와 기술통계량으로 제시하였다. 결과 : 회기 별 실시한 기억력과 집중력 평가 결과, 기초선 A와 기초선 A' 기간보다 중재기 B 기간 동안 집중력과 기억력의 향상을 보였고, 중재 전과 후에 실시한 평가에서도 중재 후의 평가에서 집중력과 기억력의 향상을 보였다. 결론 : 본 연구를 통해 검증된 스마트폰 어플리케이션을 이용한 중재 효과가 임상적 근거를 제공하는데 유용하게 사용되기를 기대하며, 향후 연구에서는 더 많은 표본을 대상으로 장시간에 걸쳐 시행한 연구가 진행될 필요가 있다.

• PNF and Movement
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2011

Purpose : This study was to investigate the application of Rhythmic Initiation(RI) in the respect of information processing in motor learning. Methods : A computer-aided literature search was performed in PubMed and adapted to the other databases and the others were in published books. The following keywords were used: Rhythmic Initiation, attention, memory, motor accuracy, feedback, motor learning, motor control, PNF, cognition. Results : The characterization of RI is rhythmic motion of limb or body through the desired range, starting with passive motion and progressing to active resisted movement. This study suggested that the relationship between of RI and motor learning through the respect of information processing, memory, attention and motor accuracy. Conclusion : Only Rhythmic Initiation, specifically focused on the effects of information processing approach, suggesting that RI can be positively influeced on sensory-perception, attention, memory, motor accuracy. however, it is unclear whether positive effects in the laboratory and field can be generalized to improve. In addition, sustainability of motor learning with RI remains uncertain.

• 인지과학
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• 제11권3_4호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2000

단어 정체확인 과정을 요구하지 않고 기억 과제와 무관한 단어의 지각적 특질에만 근거하여 공간적 주의를 할당하도록 하는 경우, 이러한 공간적 주의의 차이가 단어의 암묵기억에 미치는 영향을 두 개의 실험을 통하여 알아보았다. 실험 1에서는 독특한 색을 가진 표적자극의색을 판단하는 시각 탐색 과제를, 실험 2에서는 단서가 주어진 위치에 제시된 단어자극의 색을 판별하도록 하는 초점 주의 과제를 실시한후, 단어완성검사를 통하여 암묵기억을 측정하였다. 두 실험 결과, 방해자극뿐 아니라 표적자극에 대해서도 유의미한 점화효과가 관찰되지 않았다. 이는 기억 과제와 무관한 지각적 특질에 주의를 주는 것만으로는 단어에 대한 암묵기억 표상을 형성하기 어려우며, 단어에 대한 암묵기억 표상을 형성하기 위해서는 자극의 부호화 과정에서 단어 정채 확인 과정이 필요함을 시사한다.