The Visual Attention and Social Processes (VASP) Lab

 

I am interested in the what, when, who, and how behind social attention processes. Specifically, 

What is social attention? Is it different from attention to everything else (and why would we think it would be?)

When do we pay attention to social information? What circumstances, situations, etc lead to prioritizing social attention? What happens in certain vs uncertain environments? In groups, how do we decide which person(s) to pay most attention to?

Who prioritizes social attention? Various patient groups?

How do we pay attention to social information? i.e., what are the underlying neural processes that subserve social attention? Does reward/motivation play a key role? If so, how?

 
 
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LAB NEWS

Congratulations to Dr. Dana Hayward, who was just awarded tenure and promotion! You can read more here!

The University of Alberta just hosted the 34th annual meeting for the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science. Dr. Dana Hayward and Dr. Ben Dyson co-organized this amazing event, attended by over 330 people. Thanks to some of the VASP lab team for all of your help during the conference - we couldn’t have done it without you!