Sustained attention is the ability to maintain concentration. Patients with prefrontal damage or dysregulation reach their limit quickly in sustaining their own attention. The more complex the activity, the more the attention is taxed quickly and the more the deficits are evident. Since working memory is a form of sustained attention, people with prefrontal lesions or dysregulation are almost uniformly deficient in working memory.
« Back to Glossary IndexSustained attention
« Back to Glossary Index