© Salvador Dalì
Attention is the process the allows selecting information. It is not a unitary construct but concerns a series of cognitive processes and neural networks (Selective Attention, Alertness (Vigilance and Sustained Attention), Attentional Control, Social Attention).
In the laboratory, research in this area is focusing on analyzing:
- Efficiency and interaction among attentional systems (Orienting, Alertness, Executive Control)
- The attentional processes within the lifetime.
- The attentional processes in clinical populations (Autism Spectrum, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Personality Disorders, Schizophrenia, Anxiety, Depression, Parkinson, Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, High Blood Pressure, Acute Myocardial Infarction, Takotsubo Syndrome)
- Attentional bias towards emotionally salient stimuli and food-related stimuli
- Social attention in healthy and clinical populations.