Highlights•Naturalistic scene processing is highly efficient.•Scene context modulates
perceptual and semantic object processing.•Priors about natural environments guide …

We live in a rich, three dimensional world with complex arrangements of meaningful objects.
For decades, however, theories of visual attention and perception have been based on …

This article describes a process theory based on active inference and belief propagation.
Starting from the premise that all neuronal processing (and action selection) can be …

INTRODUCTION Tool use is a hallmark of human evolution. Beyond its sensorimotor
components, the complexity of which has been extensively investigated, tool use affects …

Why do people go to the movies? What does it mean to watch a movie? To what extent is the
perceived fictional nature of movies different from our daily perception of the real world? We …

Given the complexity of ERP recording and processing pipeline, the resulting variability of
methodological options, and the potential for these decisions to influence study outcomes, it …

A growing body of evidence has highlighted behavioral connections between musical
rhythm and linguistic syntax, suggesting that these abilities may be mediated by common …

Among the many lines of research that have been exploring how embodiment contributes to
cognition, one focuses on how the neural substrates of language may be shared, or at least …

Do people engaged in joint action form action plans that specify joint outcomes at the group
level? EEG was recorded from pairs of participants who performed coordinated actions that …

In spite of their striking differences with real‐life perception, films are perceived and
understood without effort. Cognitive film theory attributes this to the system of continuity …