Visual Cognition

This theme specialises in studying visual attention and perception from both theoretical and applied perspectives. We have expertise in experimental approaches, eye-tracking, and cognitive neuroscience. Key areas of research from our group concern visual search, attentional control, change detection, multi-tasking, the interactions between emotion and visual cognition, visuomotor control, and cognitive styles. Our research has been funded by the British Academy/ Leverhulme Trust, the ESRC, the Technology Strategy Board, the Experimental Psychology Society, and the British Psychological Society, and we have applied our research to a range of fields including driving, web usability, and media use. 

For further information about the research conducted by academics in the Visual Cognition group please contact Dr Catherine Thompson (c.thompson@salford.ac.uk).

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