Crossmodal Attention Applied : Lessons for Driving (Elements in Perception)

Spence, Charles/ Soto-Faraco, Salvador

Cambridge University Press（2020/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 102 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781108826501
• DDC分類 152.1

Full Description

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.

Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Exogenous crossmodal attention; 3. Back to the laboratory: endogenous crossmodal attention; 4. Interactions between endogenous and exogenous attention; 5. Olfactory contributions to crossmodal attention while driving; 6. Conclusions.