Attention and multisensory modulation argue against total encapsulation. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: de Haas, Benjamin; Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Samuel; Rees, Geraint
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 39(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X1500254X
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Firestone & Scholl (F&S) postulate that vision proceeds without any direct interference from cognition. We argue that this view is extreme and not in line with the available evidence. Specifically, we discuss two well-established counterexamples: Attention directly affects core aspects of visual processing, and multisensory modulations of vision originate on multiple levels, some of which are unlikely to fall "within perception."