The Applied Cognitive Research Unit is part of the chair of Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics belonging to the Department of Psychology (particularly Institute of Psychology III), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the Technische Universität Dresden. Our activities entail both applied and basic studies of human eye movements, perception and cognition.

We are interested in - and we are ready to help you with - the investigation of diverse dynamic attention effects in real and virtual environments. Our domains of expertise are recording and analysis of eye movements during picture perception, levels-of-processing effects in human memory, attention centred design in human-computer interaction and computer supported cooperative work, intelligent user's (and driver's) support with an on-line evaluation of intentions and situation awareness. Thereby, we make an extensive use of the fast high-resolution eye tracking systems. We have several cooperations with national and intnernational partners. Within the TU Dresden we are a partner of the Zentrum Virtueller Maschinenbau (ZVM).

We provide courses, seminars and interactive demonstrations for undergraduate and graduate students of psychology, engineering and informatics (including multimedia design). We are also involved in several international scientific projects, such as the European NEST PATHFINDER Project PERCEPT (Perceptual Consciousness - Explication and Testing) and European Network of Excellence COGAIN (Communication by Gaze Interaction). We also work in close collaboration with Interactive Minds Dresden a spin-off from our Research Unit.