When believing is seeing: The role of predictions in shaping visual perception

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1743-1771

  Król, Magdalena Ewa ^a   El Deredy, Wael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Misperceptions; Perception; Predictions; Signal detection; Top down

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; TIME; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052492712     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.559587     Document Type: Article

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