The Effect of C-Section Birth on Attention Task Performance and Cortical Grey Matter Integrity

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dc.contributor.advisorStevens, Dale
dc.contributor.advisorAdler, Scott
dc.contributor.authorChevalier, Owen Michael Lane
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-03T14:25:13Z
dc.date.available2022-03-03T14:25:13Z
dc.date.copyright2021-12
dc.date.issued2022-03-03
dc.date.updated2022-03-03T14:25:13Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Developmental Science)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractPast evidence suggests that Caesarean section (C-section) birth is a factor in reduced performance on visual attention tasks, as well as altered intrinsic functional neural networks, for both infants and adults born via C-section. The present study tested C-section and vaginally born adults on six tasks: a visual search task, the Attention Network Task, the Sustained Attention to Response Task, the Stroop Task, the Trail Making Test, and an n-back task. Adults born via C-section were less accurate on target-absent conditions in the visual search task. No other tests showed significant differences based on birth method. Additionally, whole-brain voxel-based morphometry analysis was conducted on the anatomical magnetic resonance imaging data of adults to identify potential effects of C-section birth on cortical grey-matter integrity. Findings suggest that there is an effect of C-section birth on top-down attention but were not significant for other hypotheses in the experiment and MRI analysis.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/39153
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectNeurosciences
dc.subject.keywordsC-section
dc.subject.keywordsTop-down and bottom-up attention
dc.subject.keywordsVoxel-based morphometry
dc.subject.keywordsVisual attention
dc.subject.keywordsVisual search
dc.titleThe Effect of C-Section Birth on Attention Task Performance and Cortical Grey Matter Integrity
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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