Distracted, confused and unaware: The elusive gift of attention (16 Oct 2014)

Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2014 Professor Nilli Lavie, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience At times, we are highly distracted and can’t focus our minds; at other times, we are so focused we may fail to notice important things and not even hear a person talking to us. In this lecture, Professor Lavie will describe the psychology and brain research of attention that explains these effects. You can also watch this lecture on the UCLLHL YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJeSYQgkVY