An analysis of response latencies shows that when an image is presented to the visual
system, neuronal activity is rapidly routed to a large number of visual areas. However, the …

We assume that when people talk about ''consciousness,''there is something to be
explained. While most neuroscientists acknowledge that consciousness exists, and that at …

The problem of consciousness continues to be a subject of great debate in cognitive
science. Synthesizing decades of research, The Conscious Brain advances a new theory of …

What is consciousness and how can a brain, a mere collection of neurons, create it? In
Consciousness and the Social Brain, Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano lays out an …

With each eye fixation, we experience a richly detailed visual world. Yet recent work on
visual integration and change direction reveals that we are surprisingly unaware of the …

Surprising as it may seem, research shows that we rarely see what we are looking at unless
our attention is directed to it. This phenomenon can have serious life-and-death …

When looking at a scene, observers feel that they see its entire structure in great detail and
can immediately notice any changes in it However, when brief blank fields are placed …

Summary In Shakespeare's Henry IV Part 1, the Scottish rebel, the Earl of Douglas, engages
in a visual search task. He is searching for King Henry in a field full of soldiers who are not …

A principle of perceptual organization, called uniform connectedness (UC), is described, and
a theoretical approach to perceptual organization is proposed in which this principle plays a …

Our society relies on accurate performance in visual screening tasks—for example, to detect
knives in luggage or tumours in mammograms. These are visual searches for rare targets …