Mobile eye tracking and electroencephalography for integration with motion tracking to study the bidirectional links between thought and action

思考和行动之间的联系看似简单和直观，但实际上是复杂和难以捉摸的。例如，我们通常认为思想是先于行动的，但实际上，我们如何在环境中移动，从根本上塑造了我们对环境的感知和思考;同样，我们通常认为思想（除非说出来）是留给思考者的，但实际上，我们如何移动揭示了我们在想什么。探索这些复杂的双向联系需要同时测量思维和移动的能力。目前的建议实现了这一目标，通过增强我们的高分辨率运动捕捉系统，增加了思想的措施（脑电图，EEG）和思想和行动之间的接口的措施（眼动跟踪，眼球运动被广泛认为是重要的感觉输入和运动输出的第一阶段）。这个最先进的实验室能够同时收集来自眼睛，身体和大脑的数据，将为认知的内部（神经）和外部（运动）表达提供无与伦比的洞察力。

The links between thinking and acting seem simple and intuitive, but are actually complex and elusive. For example, we usually characterize thought as preceding action - but in reality how we are able to move through the environment fundamentally shapes how we perceive and think about it. Similarly, we usually believe that thoughts (unless spoken) are kept to the thinker - but in reality, how we move reveals much about what we are thinking. Exploring these complex bidirectional links requires the ability to simultaneously measure thinking and moving. The current proposal achieves this goal by augmenting our high resolution motion capture system with the addition of a measure of thought (electroencephalography, EEG) and a measure of the interface between thought and action (eye tracking, eye movements are widely regarded as important in the first stages of both sensory input and motor output). This state-of-the-art laboratory capable of simultaneously collecting data from the eye, body and brain will offer an unparalleled insight into both the inner (neural) and outer (motor) expression of cognition.