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CAREER: Disengaging attention from distractions — NSF Award to William Marsh Rice University (TX, $659,257)

Human attention is limited and when distractions occur, they frequently result in accidents and other adverse events. Recent advances in Human-AI teaming aim to overcome limitations of human attention by combining the strengths of humans and AI to synergistically work together to accomplish shared objectives. For human

Award titleCAREER: Disengaging attention from distractions
Award ID2542996
AwardeeWilliam Marsh Rice University
CityHOUSTON
StateTX
Amount obligated$659,257
Principal investigatorKirsten Adam
ProgramPerception, Action & Cognition
Start date01/01/2026
AbstractHuman attention is limited and when distractions occur, they frequently result in accidents and other adverse events. Recent advances in Human-AI teaming aim to overcome limitations of human attention by combining the strengths of humans and AI to synergistically work together to accomplish shared objectives. For human-AI teaming to be truly successful in everyday life, more knowledge is needed about how humans shift attention between competing sources of information. For example, when driving,
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