Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

konzentrative Belastbarkeit

English translation:

concentration threshold

Added to glossary by David Hollywood
Oct 16, 2004 14:20
19 yrs ago
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German term

konzentrative Belastbarkeit

German to English Medical Psychology
Aus einem Arztbericht - junger Patient mit Tetraparesen, neuropsychologische Behandlung.

Er ist gegenwärtig ca. 45 Min. konzentrativ beanspruchbar, wobei seine "konzentrative Belastbarkeit" noch instabil ist.

Belastbarkeit macht mir immer Schwierigkeiten, jetzt noch konzentrative dazu.

Proposed translations

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concentration threshold/ tolerance(level)

Background-Konzentration: background concentration, background level. ... limit(ing)
value, (threshold value). ... Belastbarkeit: stress tolerance, power of endurance ...


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Ligeti doesn\'t ever try your patience. Few composers are so attuned to their audience\'s
concentration threshold.\" The Independent (London), December 1996. ...


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Note added at 9 mins (2004-10-16 14:29:55 GMT)
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
Peer comment(s):

agree Derek Gill Franßen : ...sounds good. :-)
7 mins
thx Derek :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "You all had very helpful suggestions, but I ended up using concentration threshold because it sounded so much like what a psychologist might say. "
30 mins

ability to focus

is how I would put it
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2 hrs

concentration ability level

He is currently able to concentrate for about 45 minutes at a time, while his level of concentration ability remains unstable.
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This is probably referring to the level of concentration ability revealed by tests performed during the 45-minute period. The tests would include variously challenging tasks with various types of concentration involved.
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2 hrs

ability to maintain focus

it is not 'focusing' as such but maintaining focus (over a period og time) that I think is meant here
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4 hrs

attention level

His attention level varies.

Glossary of terms related to Cognition and Memory
... Attention, distribution—The intensity of attention varies across memory traces.
Attention, level—The level of the intensity of attention. ...
www.memoryzine.com/memoryglossary.html - 71k -
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