How can these researchers in human-technology interaction take advantage of all the knowledge amassed on attention in basic-science research? This volume addresses this question and includes a comprehensive introduction on briding theory and practice in the psychology of attention and a conclusion outlining a future research agenda.

Attention has been one of the most popular subjects in basic cognitive-psychology research, and so its study has generated much empirical data and many theoretical explanations. It has also become a very important factor for those who study how we interact with technological systems and environments. How can these researchers in human-technology interaction take advantage of all the knowledge amassed on attention in basic-science research? This volume addresses this question by bringing together the leading researchers who have pursued both the development of models and theories of attention and their application to investigating and solving practically relevant problems in areas such as aircraft and automobile design, technology applications for health care settings and the home, and adapting technology for the aging population. The volume will include a comprehensive introduction on briding theory and practice in the psychology of attention and a conclusion outlining a future research agenda.

PART I. TOWARD A PRACTICAL VIEW OF ATTENTION: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
1. Attention - From History to Application
2. Attention and Its Allocation: Fragments of a Model
3. Capturing Attention in the Laboratory and the Real World
4. Elaborations of the Multiple-Resource Theory of Attention
PART II. EMERGING ISSUES IN APPLIED ATTENTION THEORY
5. Individual Differences in Attention and Working Memory: A Molecular Genetic Approach
6. Affect, Attention, and Automation
7. Monitoring a Nuclear Power Plant
8. The Functional Task Environment
PART III. ATTENTION AND DRIVING
9. 10 Multi-Tasking in the Automobile
10. Novice Driver Crashes: Failure to Divide Attention or Failure to Recognize Risks
PART IV. ATTENTION AND AGING
11. Attention Goes Home: Support for Aging Adults
12. The Dynamics of Attention and Aging
PART V. ATTENTION AND INTERFACE DESIGN
13. Multiple-Resource Theory as a Basis for Multimodal Interface Design: Success Stories, Qualifications, and Research Needs
14. Cross-Modal Interactions Between Sensory Modalities: Implications for the Design of Multisensory Displays
PART VI. ATTENTION AND TRAINING
15. Emphasis Change as a Training Protocol for High Demand Tasks
16. Prospective Memory, Concurrent Task Management, and Pilot Error
PART VII. FUTURE DIRECTIONS
17. Attention to Attention and its Applications: A Concluding View