The very earliest stages of sensory processing have the potential to alter how we perceive
and respond to our environment. These initial processing circuits can incorporate subcortical …

Substantial experimental, theoretical, and computational insights into sensory processing
have been derived from the phenomena of perceptual multistability—when two or more …

The scope of unconscious processing is highly debated, with recent studies showing that
even high-level functions such as perceptual integration and category-based attention occur …

Continuous flash suppression (CFS), and in particular the so-called breaking continuous
flash suppression (b-CFS) paradigm, has become one of the most influential approaches for …

Human faces convey essential information for understanding others' mental states and
intentions. The importance of faces in social interaction has prompted suggestions that some …

Normal binocular vision emerges from the combination of neural signals arising within
separate monocular pathways. It is natural to wonder whether both eyes contribute equally …

A recent focus in the field of consciousness research involves investigating the propensity of
initially non-conscious visual information to gain access to consciousness. A critical tool for …

Studies utilizing continuous flash suppression (CFS) provide valuable information regarding
conscious and nonconscious perception. There are, however, crucial unanswered questions …

One of the biggest challenges in the study of emotion–cognition interaction is addressing the
question of whether and how emotions influence processes of perception as distinct from …

The role of awareness in evaluative learning has been thoroughly investigated with a variety
of theoretical and methodological approaches. We investigated evaluative conditioning (EC) …