Prof Alan Kingstone | From controlled environments to complex realities: Exploring the interplay between perceived minds and attention

This seminar is free to attend and is open to all, both within and outside the University. Attendance is possible both in-person and on Zoom, details of Zoom registration and physical location can be found above.

We are delighted to announce that the Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) will welcome Professor Alan Kingstone to present a hybrid CHBH Seminar, taking place on the date and time above.
Alan is a Professor and Distinguished Scholar at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, and Principal Investigator of the Brain, Attention, and Reality Lab. His full biography can be found below.

To arrange a 1:1 meeting with the speaker, please state your interest in the Zoom registration link above, or email chbh@contacts.bham.ac.uk. 

CHBH Event Host
Dr Wieske Van Zoest

From controlled environments to complex realities: Exploring the interplay between perceived minds and attention 

Abstract

In our daily lives, we perceive things as possessing a mind (e.g., people) or lacking one (e.g., shoes). Intriguingly, how much mind we attribute to people can vary, with real people perceived to have more mind than depictions of individuals, such as photographs. Drawing from a range of research methodologies, including naturalistic observation, mobile eye tracking, and surreptitious behavior monitoring, I discuss how various shades of mind influence human attention and behaviour. The findings suggest the novel concept that overt attention (where one looks) in real-life is fundamentally supported by covert attention (attending to someone out of the corner of one's eye). 

Speaker Biography

Alan Kingstone (PhD, FRSC) is interested in the brain mechanisms of human cognition and behaviour in natural and controlled environments. He is a Professor and Distinguished Scholar at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and a Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Scholar, at the University of Bristol, England.

This seminar is free to attend and is open to all, both within and outside the University. Attendance is possible both in-person and on Zoom, details of Zoom registration and physical location can be found above.