Expectations accelerate entry of visual stimuli into awareness

Journal of Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Pinto, Yair ^a,b   van Gaal, Simon ^b,c   de Lange, Floris P ^c   Lamme, Victor A F ^b   Seth, Anil K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attentional set; Consciousness; Continuous flash suppression; Expectations; Predictive coding

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936095305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/15.8.13     Document Type: Article

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