Visual masking and the dynamics of human perception, cognition, and consciousness A century of progress, a contemporary synthesis, and future directions.
Adv Cogn Psychol 2008;
3:1-8. [PMID:
20517493 PMCID:
PMC2864989 DOI:
10.2478/v10053-008-0009-0]
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Abstract
The 1990s, the “decade of the brain,” witnessed major advances in the study of
visual perception, cognition, and consciousness. Impressive techniques in
neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, neuropsychology, electrophysiology, psychophysics
and brain-imaging were developed to address how the nervous system transforms
and represents visual inputs. Many of these advances have dealt with the
steady-state properties of processing. To complement this “steady-state
approach,” more recent research emphasized the importance of dynamic aspects of
visual processing. Visual masking has been a paradigm of choice for more than a
century when it comes to the study of dynamic vision. A recent workshop
(http://lpsy.epfl.ch/VMworkshop/), held in Delmenhorst, Germany,
brought together an international group of researchers to present
state-of-the-art research on dynamic visual processing with a focus on visual
masking. This special issue presents peer-reviewed contributions by the workshop
participants and provides a contemporary synthesis of how visual masking can
inform the dynamics of human perception, cognition, and consciousness.
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