Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170101254

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE170101254

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Wandering minds in sleep and wakefulness: Attention, consciousness, self. This project aims to develop a theory of mind wandering. A large portion of our conscious lives is spent mind wandering: attention periodically drifts away from current tasks, often without our noticing. This challenges the assumption that healthy adults are normally aware of and able to control their thought processes. This project will use cognitive neuroscience, sleep and dream research and philosophy of mind to develop a theory of mind wandering across the sleep-wake cycle and an interdisciplinary methodology for its investigation. The anticipated outcome is understanding of spontaneous thought and its relationship to attention, consciousness and the self. This potentially throws new light on important issues relating to mental health and sleep disorders.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2017

End Date: 28-06-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $363,645.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Philosophy | Philosophy of Cognition |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Philosophy | Philosophy of Cognition

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