Search results for "TASK"

Mental Fatigue Effects on the Produced Perception of Effort and Its Impact on Subsequent Physical Performances.

2022

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental fatigue induced by a demanding cognitive task and impaired physical performance in endurance due to a higher perception of effort. A total of 12 healthy adults and volunteers, who had previously practiced endurance activities for 4 to 8 h per week, performed a one-hour cognitive task involving either the process of response inhibition (Stroop task) or not (visualization of a documentary as control task), then 20 min of pedaling on a cycle ergometer at a constant perception of effort while cardio-respiratory and neuromuscular functions were measured. The Stroop task induces subjective feelings of mental fatigue (vig…

Intensified Job Demands and Cognitive Stress Symptoms : The Moderator Role of Individual Characteristics

2020

Intensified job demands (IJDs) originate in the general accelerated pace of society and ever-changing working conditions, which subject workers to increasing workloads and deadlines, constant planning and decision-making about one’s job and career, and the continual learning of new professional knowledge and skills. This study investigated how individual characteristics, namely negative and positive affectivity related to competence demands, and multitasking preference moderate the association between IJDs and cognitive stress symptoms among media workers (n = 833; 69% female, mean age 48 years). The results show that although IJDs were associated with higher cognitive stress symptoms at wo…

Effects of Prior Knowledge on Comprehending Text About Learning Strategies

2021

Good knowledge and skills in using different learning strategies is important for learning with understanding and even more critical during distance learning. Findings indicate that students tend to use and value ineffective learning strategies, thus there is need to educate students. This study aimed to analyze the possibility of using refutation text on learning strategies that students can study independently. The study examined how reported use of learning strategies and preexisting beliefs about the effectiveness of rehearsal and comprehension-oriented strategies relate to the comprehension of text about learning strategies, and how text comprehension is related to later use of strateg…

Revista iberoamericana de educación

2012

Título, resumen y palabras clave en español, portugués e inglés Monográfico con el título: "Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura" Resumen tomado de la publicación Se propone el examen de las implicaciones del concepto de género discursivo, tomado de M. Bajtín, para la enseñanza de la composición escrita dentro del marco metodológico de las secuencias didácticas. Además de situar la enseñanza en un marco comunicativo, integra los aprendizajes específicos de habilidades lingüístico-comunicativas dentro de una tarea global que les da sentido. Se destaca de un modo especial la importancia de esta integración en cuanto a los conocimientos explícitos sobre la lengua y sus condiciones de uso. Se…

How to Foster Reading in English in Secondary Education Students

2018

El presente Trabajo de Fin de Máster analizará y tratará el tema de fomentar la lectura en inglés en alumnos de Educación Secundaria a través de estrategias didácticas y comunicativas, con fichas de actividades elaboradas basándose en el significado del relato corto elegido Mucho más que ríos de vida y Fuertes de leyenda… Cuentos de la India / Much more than rives of life and legendary forts… Tales from India, una lectura en paralelo de español-inglés que tiene como objetivo proporcionar a los estudiantes habilidades lingüísticas y un bagaje cultural. Se llevará a cabo teniendo en cuenta varios marcos académicos, como son el Task-Based Language Teaching, Literatura como material didáctico, …

Incentive Mechanism for Edge Computing-Based Blockchain: A Sequential Game Approach

2022

The development of the blockchain framework is able to provide feasible solutions for a wide range of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. While the IIoT devices are usually resource-limited, how to make sure the acquisition of computational resources and participation of the devices will be the driving force to realize blockchain. In this work, an edge computing-based blockchain framework is considered, where multiple edge service providers (ESPs) can provide computational resources to the IIoT devices. We focus on investigating the trading between the devices and ESPs, where ESPs are the sellers and devices are the buyers. A sequential game is formulated and by exploring the…

Applying fully tensorial ICA to fMRI data

2016

There are two aspects in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data that make them awkward to analyse with traditional multivariate methods - high order and high dimension. The first of these refers to the tensorial nature of observations as array-valued elements instead of vectors. Although this can be circumvented by vectorizing the array, doing so simultaneously loses all the structural information in the original observations. The second aspect refers to the high dimensionality along each dimension making the concept of dimension reduction a valuable tool in the processing of fMRI data. Different methods of tensor dimension reduction are currently gaining popUlarity in literature…

Validation of a modified version of the Experiences of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire

2018

Providing teaching-learning environments that foster university studentsö learning is an essential task of higher education. Valid and reliable tools for assessing them are therefore needed. This study investigates the measurement properties of a modified version of the Experiences of Teaching and Learning Questionnaire (ETLQ). Two independent data-sets (N = 1637 and N = 1711) were collected from Finnish university students. Confirmatory factor analyses resulted in a modified measurement model for the ETLQ, consisting of 11 factors. The first three factors assessing the teaching-learning environment – Teaching for Understanding, Disciplinary Understanding and Supportive Teaching – were indi…

Event related brain potential (ERP) correlates of activation and effort in state regulation among children with attentional problems

2002

Anticipatory postural adjustments during joint action coordination

2019

International audience; There is a current claim that humans are able to effortlessly detect others’ hidden mental state by simply observing their movements and transforming the visual input into motor knowledge to predict behaviour. Using a classical paradigm quantifying motor predictions, we tested the role of vision feedback during a reach and load-lifting task performed either alone or with the help of a partner. Wrist flexor and extensor muscle activities were recorded on the supporting hand. Early muscle changes preventing limb instabilities when participants performed the task by themselves revealed the contribution of the visual input in postural anticipation. When the partner perfo…