[HTML][HTML] A review of the impairments, preserved visual functions, and neuropathology in 21 patients with visual form agnosia–A unique defect with line drawings

HJ Peel, PA Chouinard - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive review of the rare syndrome visual form agnosia (VFA). We
begin by documenting its history, including the origins of the term, and the first case study …

[HTML][HTML] Symmetry perception and psychedelic experience

ADJ Makin, M Roccato, E Karakashevska, J Tyson-Carr… - Symmetry, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review of symmetry perception has six parts. Psychophysical studies have investigated
symmetry perception for over 100 years (part 1). Neuroscientific studies on symmetry …

[HTML][HTML] Similar object shape representation encoded in the inferolateral occipitotemporal cortex of sighted and early blind people

Y Xu, L Vignali, F Sigismondi, D Crepaldi, R Bottini… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
We can sense an object's shape by vision or touch. Previous studies suggested that the
inferolateral occipitotemporal cortex (ILOTC) implements supramodal shape representations …

Coming to grips with reality: Real grasps, but not pantomimed grasps, resist a simultaneous tilt illusion

RL Whitwell, HA Hasan, RR MacNeil, JT Enns - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Investigations of grasping real, 3D objects subjected to illusory effects from a pictorial
background often choose in-flight grasp aperture as the primary variable to test the …

[HTML][HTML] Pictorial depth cues always influence reaching distance

RD McIntosh, MH Iveson, SS Similä, A Buonocore - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
We report five experiments to test the influence of pictorial depth on reaching. Our core
method is to project a wide-field background of linear perspective and/or texture gradient …

Melvyn A. Goodale: A visual neuroscientist in action

AD Milner - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Mel Goodale has had a multi-faceted career in cognitive neuroscience, principally in the
areas of perception, visually-guided action, and visual consciousness. This short article …

Form-perception speed predicts mathematical performance in adults and children

Y Zhang, S Fang, Z Chen, X Zhou - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Visual perception is a critical factor in mathematical performance. The current study
investigated whether form-perception speed underlies the association between visual …

[HTML][HTML] A focus on the multiple interfaces between action and perception and their neural correlates.

A Bosco, PS Diez, M Filippini, M De Vitis, P Fattori - Neuropsychologia, 2023 - Elsevier
Successful behaviour relies on the appropriate interplay between action and perception.
The well-established dorsal and ventral stream theories depicted two distinct functional …

[HTML][HTML] The cost of aiming for the best answers: Inconsistent perception

JBJ Smeets, E Brenner - Frontiers in integrative neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The laws of physics and mathematics describe the world we live in as internally consistent.
As these rules provide a very effective description, and our interaction with the world is also …

Recognising Affordances in Predicted Futures to Plan With Consideration of Non-Canonical Affordance Effects

S Arnold, M Kuroishi, R Karashima… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel system for action sequence planning based on a combination of
affordance recognition and a neural forward model predicting the effects of affordance …