Attentional asymmetries for navigation in healthy and clinical groups

这个项目计划研究大脑左右两侧注意力的差异如何影响在障碍物之间行走或操纵车辆的能力。为了驾驭我们的环境并避开障碍，我们需要关注重要的刺激，忽略那些不重要的刺激。不幸的是，大脑的注意力是有限的，这可能导致错误和碰撞。该项目利用认知神经科学的技术，旨在更好地了解在应用环境中控制注意力的认知和神经机制。它希望找出加剧注意力缺失和碰撞的因素。日常障碍的影响，如移动的电话，酒精和疲劳将与尽量减少这些注意力失误和提高安全性的方法一起进行调查。

This project plans to investigate how differences in attentional capacity between the left and right sides of the brain affect the ability to walk or manoeuvre vehicles between obstacles. To navigate our environment and avoid obstacles, we need to attend to stimuli that are important and ignore those that are not. Unfortunately, the brain’s attentional capacity is limited, which can result in errors and collisions. Using the techniques of cognitive neuroscience, the project aims to provide a better understanding of the cognitive and neural mechanisms that govern attention in an applied setting. It expects to identify the factors that exacerbate lapses in attention and collisions. The effect of everyday impediments such as mobile phones, alcohol and fatigue will be investigated together with means of minimising these attentional lapses and improving safety.