Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0984494

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0984494

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Keeping track: The effect of distraction on attention to moving objects. This is basic research with broad societal implications. We constantly balance the attention demands of achieving a goal (e.g., driving) in the midst of competing environmental demands (e.g., attention-grabbing advertising). Billions of dollars are spent trying to make our roads safer, but basic research is critical to inform policy and design. There are three main benefits in identifying distractions that impair performance on a task that requires attention to moving objects. It will: (1) develop a method for exploring attention demands on real-world experiences (e.g., driving); (2) inform policy decisions on safer environments; and (3) provide a basis for minimising distractions in environments for people with attentional difficulties.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-06-2009

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $353,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Cognitive Science Not Elsewhere Classified | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Behavioural and cognitive sciences |

Other Keywords

Behavioural and cognitive sciences | Cognitive Science Not Elsewhere Classified | Learning, Memory, Cognition And Language | Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

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