Visual processing varies dramatically across the visual field. These differences start in the
retina and continue all the way to the visual cortex. Despite these differences in processing …

To perceive the external environment our brain uses multiple sources of sensory information
derived from several different modalities, including vision, touch and audition. All these …

Human perceptual decisions are often described as optimal. Critics of this view have argued
that claims of optimality are overly flexible and lack explanatory power. Meanwhile …

When a person looks at an object while exploring it with their hand, vision and touch both
provide information for estimating the properties of the object. Vision frequently dominates …

Altered motor behaviour is commonly reported in Autism Spectrum Disorder, but the
aetiology remains unclear. Here, we have taken a computational approach in order to break …

To form a veridical percept of the environment, the brain needs to integrate sensory signals
from a common source but segregate those from independent sources. Thus, perception …

We perceive the shapes and material properties of objects quickly and reliably despite the
complexity and objective ambiguities of natural images. Typical images are highly complex …

Integration of multiple sensory cues is essential for precise and accurate perception and
behavioral performance, yet the reliability of sensory signals can vary across modalities and …

Perceptual events derive their significance to an animal from their meaning about the world,
that is from the information they carry about their causes. The brain should thus be able to …

Most models of sensory processing in the brain have a feedforward architecture in which
each stage comprises simple linear filtering operations and nonlinearities. Models of this …