Reward Ameliorates Posttraumatic Stress Disorder-Related Impairment in Sustained Attention.

ABSTRACT: Posttraumatic stress disorder is associated with impairments in sustained attention, a fundamental cognitive process important for a variety of social and occupational tasks. To date, however, the precise nature of these impairments and the posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms associated with them have not been well understood. Using a well-characterized sample of returning United States military OEF/OIF/OND Veterans who varied in posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, we employed a validated sustained attention paradigm designed to probe fluctuations across two attentional states characterized by prior research, including a peak state termed "in the zone" and a less efficient, more error-prone state termed "out of the zone." Rewarded and nonrewarded conditions were employed to examine

SUBMITTER: Dutra SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6350805 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature