Cooperating brain systems in attention and control

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One of the most exciting scientific developments of the last two decades is our increased understanding of how higher mental functions such as perception, language and memory arise from the neural activity of the brain. One central topic is how humans pay attention to important information in the world around them, constructing coherent and effective thought and behaviour. In this project, attention and control are studied at multiple levels, including measurements of normal human behaviour, impairment after brain damage, brain imaging, and neural activity at the cellular level. We aim for increased fundamental understanding of human brain function,with applications to many kinds of clinical disorders.