Overcoming distraction by reward-related stimuli

本项目旨在通过奖励相关刺激建立分散注意力的认知过程，以及“注意力控制”过程是否可以减少分散注意力。即使当人们试图专注于某项任务时，他们也会分心，而且他们更有可能被与奖励有关的事件（如金钱、食物、性等）分心。这个项目的预期结果应该显示出如何在最有害的情况下最大限度地减少注意力分散：当安全取决于保持注意力集中时（比如开车时），或者对于正在康复的瘾君子来说，试图忽略与毒品有关的刺激。

This project aims to establish the cognitive processes underlying distraction by reward associated stimuli, and whether 'attentional control' processes can reduce distraction. Even when people try to concentrate on a certain task, they can be distracted and they are more likely to be distracted by events associated with reward (such as money, food, sex, etc.). The expected outcomes of this project should show how to minimise distraction when it is most detrimental: when safety depends on staying focussed (such as when driving), or for recovering addicts trying to ignore drug-related stimuli.