Mobile EEG identifies the re-allocation of attention during real-world activity.

ABSTRACT: The distribution of attention between competing processing demands can have dramatic real-world consequences, however little is known about how limited attentional resources are distributed during real-world behaviour. Here we employ mobile EEG to characterise the allocation of attention across multiple sensory-cognitive processing demands during naturalistic movement. We used a neural marker of attention, the Event-Related Potential (ERP) P300 effect, to show that attention to targets is reduced when human participants walk compared to when they stand still. In a second experiment, we show that this reduction in attention is not caused by the act of walking per se. A third experiment identified the independent processing demands driving reduced attention to target stimuli during motion. E

SUBMITTER: Ladouce S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6825178 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature