Skilled sensorimotor interactions with the world result from a series of decision-making
processes that determine, on the basis of information extracted during the unfolding …

Traditionally, research on vision focused on its role in perception and our cognitive life.
Except for the study of eye movements, which have been regarded as an information …

Tool use is a defining feature of human species. Therefore, a fundamental issue is to
understand the cognitive bases of human tool use. Given that people cannot use tools …

Negative priming has traditionally been viewed as a reflection of an inhibitory mechanism of
attention. However, recent accounts have suggested that negative priming does not reflect …

Recent studies with nonhuman primates have shown that lesions of the mid-dorsolateral
prefrontal cortex, which extends from the lip of the dorsal bank of the sulcus principalis to the …

This study explored whether hand location affected spatial attention. The authors used a
visual covert-orienting paradigm to examine whether spatial attention mechanisms …

Previous research showed that a salient feature singleton captured attention bottom-up
(Theeuwes 1991a, 1992, 1994a). A salient color singleton interfered with search for a less …

Embodied theories are increasingly challenging traditional views of cognition by arguing
that conceptual representations that constitute our knowledge are grounded in sensory and …

We present two experiments that test the range of applicability of a movement planning
model (MEGaMove) based on statistical decision theory. Subjects attempted to earn money …

Demonstrations that the brain can incorporate a fake limb into our bodily representations
when stroked in synchrony with our unseen real hand [(the rubber hand illusion (RHI)] are …