Crossmodal Attention Applied: Lessons for Driving (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781108826501)

Cognitive neuroscientists have started to uncover the neural substrates, systems, and mechanisms enabling us to prioritize the processing of certain sensory information over other, currently less-relevant, inputs. However, there is still a large gap between the knowledge generated in the laboratory and its application to real-life problems of attention as when, for example, interface operators are multi-tasking. In this Element, laboratory studies on crossmodal attention (both behavioural/psychophysical and cognitive neuroscience) are situated within the applied context of driving. We contrast the often idiosyncratic conditions favoured by much of the laboratory research, typically using a few popular paradigms involving simplified experimental conditions, with the noisy, multisensory, real-world environments filled with complex, intrinsically-meaningful stimuli. By drawing attention to the differences between basic and applied studies in the context of driving, we highlight a number of important issues and neglected areas of research as far as the study of crossmodal attention is concerned.

Author: Charles Spence, Salvador Soto-Faraco
ISBN-10: 1108826504
ISBN-13: 9781108826501
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/10/2020
Pages: 75
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.32lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d