Blair Aitken

Dr. Blair Aitken is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology and a member of the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs, and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Special Interest Group on Driver State Monitoring Systems. His research focuses on the effects of recreational drugs and prescription medications on cognition, gaze behaviour, and functional impairments such as driving performance. He specialises in the use of eye-tracking to detect real-time indicators of human alertness and cognitive state, including impairment, fatigue, and drowsiness. Dr. Aitken also investigates the cognitive effects of so-called “smart drugs” and the relationship between hangovers and affective states.