Attentional asymmetries for navigation in healthy and clinical groups

该项目计划调查大脑左右两侧注意力能力的差异如何影响行走或在障碍物之间操纵车辆的能力。为了驾驭我们的环境，避开障碍，我们需要关注那些重要的刺激，忽略那些不重要的刺激。不幸的是，大脑的注意力能力有限，这可能会导致错误和碰撞。利用认知神经科学的技术，该项目旨在更好地理解在应用环境中支配注意力的认知和神经机制。它预计将找出加剧注意力疏忽和碰撞的因素。将调查手机、酒精和疲劳等日常障碍的影响，以及将这些注意力疏忽降至最低和提高安全性的方法。

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.