Dr Polly Dalton

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I am interested in selective attention — the means by which relevant stimuli are processed more thoroughly by the brain than less relevant stimuli. Within this broad area, my research concentrates on several more specific questions, including: the relationship between attention and awareness; attentional capture; and the way that attention acts within and between the sensory modalities of vision, hearing and touch. I have recently begun to investigate attentional allocation during real life tasks, such as the use of in-car navigation systems.