EUGLOH Open University

Focusing on Attention
EUGLOH Open University
Reference Code EUG2_T2_1_0027
Host Institution USZ - University of Szeged
Description

What is attention? What are its types and channels? Why is attention sometimes difficult to sustain, while at other times it is difficult to divert? How does attention change the subject and the object of attention? These and other questions will be explored in the next edition of our Open University series. In a culture where multitasking and split attention have become the norm, and at the same time we are flooded with ads, messages and various items of information on various platforms and diverse media all seeking our attention, it seems not only useful but crucial for our mental and social well-being to understand who can compete for our attention and how. Lecturers coming from diverse backgrounds ranging from media studies, psychiatry, psychology, visual studies and literary criticism to economics will discuss how attention to various phenomena reveals not only the deep structures of attention’s workings, but also the crucial function in the way attention builds our experience of the world around as well as inside of us. Number of ECTS: 3

Period 12 Sep 2024 18:00:00 — 8 Feb 2025 23:59:00
Duration 1 semester
Mode Online
Type of activity Course
Target groups
Location Online
WP WP 2
ISCED Fields of Study 0313 - Psychology, 06 - Information and Communication Technologies
Contact Person Dr. Kocsis Lilla
kocsis.lilla@szte.hu
Content and Methodology

This is a series of lectures presented by invited speakers. Talks are normally 45 minutes long, with 15 minutes Q and A at the end, and are streamed through a closed channel on YouTube.


Confirmed speakers so far are the following:  


Lilla Kopár, Catholic University of America: Sensing the Bewcastle Cross: multisensory perception of early medieval stone sculpture


Izabella Füzi, Universtiy of Szeged: The Economy of Looking


Oguz Kelemen, University of Szeged: Attention in Psychology / Neuroscience


Rachel Irwin, Lund University: Paying attention to and in the body: self-tracking and self-monitoring devices


Mária Bakti, University of Szeged: Speech disfluencies – what do they reveal about attention and cognitive load?


György Fogarasi, University of Szeged: The Attention of the People: Mein Kampf and Thurber's Owl


Anita Kéri, University of Szeged: Do you only look but not see? Where is your attention really? Eye tracking experiments debunked


Number of ECTS: 3

Recognition Transcript of records - ECTS
Language English
Funding by EUGLOH budget Funded in full
Recruitment of Participants First Come First Served
Number of open spots 999
Call for Applications
Closed
Last call
3 Jul 2024 — 7 Oct 2024