Fluctuation in cognitive engagement during listening and reading of erotica and horror stories.

The present study examined whether emotional text content influences cognitive engagement and transportation during listening (Experiment 1) and reading (Experiment 2) of neutral, horror and erotic stories. In Experiment 1, fluctuation in arousal and cognitive engagement were measured by continuous arousal judgments and head movement recordings during story listening. Participants rated experienced transportation and emotional valence after each story.

Cognitive engagement during reading on digital tablet: Evidence from concurrent recordings of postural and eye movements.

The present study utilised a novel combination of eye movement and motion capture recordings to examine cognitive engagement during reading on a hand-held tablet computer. Participants read a multiple-page text with a specific task in mind and after reading recalled the main contents of text from memory. The results showed that head distance from screen was slightly shorter, and readers spent longer time reading task-relevant than irrelevant segments of text and had better memory for task-relevant than irrelevant text information, indicating that there are task-induced momentary changes in engagement during reading.

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with thrombotic splenic infarcts associated with acute cytomegalovirus infection.

Introduction: We describe a case of acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection complicated by acquired antiphospholipid antibodies and splenic thrombi. We discuss the associations between CMV infection and thrombosis risk and correlation with antiphospolipid antibodies.

Case Presentation: A previously healthy 32-year-old woman is hospitalized for acute abdominal pain and fever and found to have multiple splenic infarcts on an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan.

Fluctuation in cognitive engagement during reading: Evidence from concurrent recordings of postural and eye movements.

The present study utilized a novel methodological combination of eye tracking and postural movement recordings to study task-induced changes in cognitive engagement during expository text reading. Thirty-three participants read an expository text with a specific task in mind while their eye and postural movements were concurrently recorded, and after reading recalled the text from memory. The results showed that readers spent longer total fixation time and had better memory for task-relevant than irrelevant text information.

E-readers and visual fatigue.

The mass digitization of books is changing the way information is created, disseminated and displayed. Electronic book readers (e-readers) generally refer to two main display technologies: the electronic ink (E-ink) and the liquid crystal display (LCD). Both technologies have advantages and disadvantages, but the question whether one or the other triggers less visual fatigue is still open.