#16 How does our brain handle distractions? Brain-to-brain with Erik Nickel.

In this episode we talk to Erik Nickel who wrote his masters thesis about attention in visual stimuli and how it’s measured with EEG (electroencephalography).We talk about what attention is, how attention can be measured and a few different theories and explanation attempts.

Mentioned papers:– Progress toward resolving the attentional capture debate, Steven J. Luck,Nicholas Gaspelin,Charles L. Folk,Roger W. Remington &Jan Theeuwes, https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2020.1848949– Inhibition in selective attention, Dirk van Moorselaar, Heleen A. Slagter, doi: [10.1111/nyas.14304] (https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fnyas.14304 )– Attention in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Machine Learning, Grace W. Lindsay, https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2020.00029

Credits:Produced by: Sophie Kühne and Alina OhnesorgeLogo by: Annika RichterMusic by: Jan-Luca Schröder