Seeking to understand how people recognize objects, we have examined how they identify
letters. We expected this 26-way classification of familiar forms to challenge the popular …

The importance of temporal expectations in modulating perceptual functions is increasingly
recognized. However, the means through which temporal expectations can bias perceptual …

It is currently not known how distributed neuronal responses in early visual areas carry
stimulus-related information. We made multielectrode recordings from cat primary visual …

Readers may fail to notice the error in'Do love you me?': this is the recently established
transposed-word (TW) phenomenon. Word position coding is a novel cognitive construct …

The ability to form shape representations from visual input is crucial to perception, thought,
and action. Perceived shape is abstract, as evidenced when we can see a contour specified …

The visual system can extract the global shape of an object from highly variable local
contour features. We propose that there are separate systems for processing local and …

A unique vertical bar among horizontal bars is salient and pops out perceptually.
Physiological data have suggested that mechanisms in the primary visual cortex (V1) …

How rapidly does boundary extension occur? Across experiments, trials included a 3-scene
sequence (325 ms/picture), masked interval, and repetition of 1 scene. The repetition was …

Abstract Analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) signals to determine the nature of visual
stimuli, being experienced by a person, is an active area of research. It is key to understand …

Whether or not awareness entails attention is a much debated question. Since iconic
memory has been generally assumed to be attention-free, it has been considered an …