Visual attention in relation to learning and working memory

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: HPMF-CT-2002-01637

Start date 1 February 2002

End date 31 January 2004

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Total cost € 114 272,00

EU contribution € 114 272,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
United Kingdom

Objective

I will examine mechanisms of visual attention in relation to learning and working memory, in normal human adults and stroke patients with attentional deficits. The main goal is to study visual attention as a dynamic and plastic system rather that as a static mechanism, combining the psychophysical tests developed in my graduate work with the Cognitive Neuroscience methods available at the host institution (brain imaging, and the study of neurological patients). Only this interdisciplinary approach can allow the phenomena to be related to their neural bases. My psychophysical work at Harvard has revealed perceptual priming, spatial memory and rapid learning in attentional deployments. We will identify the neural correlates for these phenomena, their boundary conditions, and their role in attentional deficits following stroke. My Ph.D. work used only behavioral and psychophysical methods. The proposed studies rely on entirely different methodologies that will allow the neural bases of the phenomena to be identified. The Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in London is internationally recognized for its expertise and facilities in this field, and the proposed host is among the leaders in this area. Working in his group will provide me with training on the latest neuroimaging techniques, and neuropsychological methods. The project provides me with a unique opportunity to learn new methods in the investigation of visual attention and its neural correlates. These methods are at the cutting edge of current Cognitive Neuroscience, and should greatly further my research career.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › neurobiology › cognitive neuroscience
• medical and health sciences › basic medicine › neurology › stroke

Programme(s)

• FP5-HUMAN POTENTIAL - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Improving the human research potential and the socio-economic knowledge base" (1998-2002)

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

• Address: Queen square 17 ; WC1N 3AR London ; United Kingdom
• EU contribution: € 0,00