The allocation of attention to objects raises several intriguing questions: What are objects,
how does attention access them, what anatomical regions are involved? Here, we review …

Philosopher Ned Block argues in this book that there is a" joint in nature" between
perception and cognition and that by exploring the nature of that joint, one can solve …

Highlights•Attention to a feature induces a modulation profile consisting of both feature-
similarity gain and surround suppression effects.•A severe capacity limit restricts the number …

“A first-class intellectual adventure.”—Brian Greene, author of Until the End of Time
Illuminating his groundbreaking theory of consciousness, known as the attention schema …

Two factors play important roles in shaping perception: the allocation of selective attention to
behaviorally relevant sensory features, and prior expectations about regularities in the …

In this paper we argue that awareness comes in degrees, and we propose a novel multi‐
factor account that spans both subjective experiences and perceptual representations. At the …

Human beings are in contact with the world through their minds. One can make sensory
perceptual contact with the world: One sees the tree and hears its leaves flutter. And one …

Understanding the neural correlates of unconscious perception stands as a primary goal of
experimental research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience. In this Perspectives …

Distinct attentional mechanisms enhance the sensory processing of visual stimuli that
appear at task-relevant locations and have task-relevant features. We used a combination of …

One sceptical rejoinder to those who claim that sensory perception is cognitively penetrable
is to appeal to the involvement of spatial attention. While the sceptic is correct that some …