The distinction between top-down and bottom-up effects plays a central role in experimental
psychology. But there is a problem with the way it is standardly drawn. Even if there were a …

The question of whether cognition can influence perception has a long history in
neuroscience and philosophy. Here, we outline a novel approach to this issue, arguing that …

It is commonly assumed that each sense has its proper sphere (eg sight is concerned with
color, hearing with sound and taste with flavor). This modular conception of the sensorium is …

This article aims to study the extension and immediacy of the perception of intermediates
during the observation of images showing a variation in a spatial property from one extreme …

The distinction between perception and cognition has always had a firm footing in both
cognitive science and folk psychology. However, there is little agreement as to how the …

Perception is substantially facilitated by top‐down influences, typically seen as predictions.
Here, we outline that the process is competitive in nature, in that sensory input initially …

Perception arises through an interaction between sensory input and prior knowledge. We
propose that at least two brain areas are required for such an interaction: the 'site'where …

A synergy is taken to refer to independent things acting together to produce an ordered
macroscopic state. It is argued that perception and action act synergistically, with the …

To what extent is our perceptual experience influenced by higher cognitive phenomena like
beliefs, desires, concepts, templates? Given recent arguments against the possibility of …

Notes that at all levels of sensory processing, even at the level of primary receptors, a
sensory response depends not only on its evocative stimulus but often also on the context …