Situational awareness is the perception of environmental elements and events with respect to time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their future status. In research, situational awareness typically involves studying how individuals and groups acquire, interpret, and use information about their surroundings in order to make effective decisions and take appropriate actions. This area of study is often applied in fields such as aviation, military operations, emergency response, and human-computer interaction to improve decision-making, safety, and performance in complex and dynamic environments. Some key topics in situational awareness research include attention, perception, memory, decision-making, communication, and workload management.