Submissions tagged with perception
(7 documents)
Vision senses number directly
We have recently suggested that numerosity is a primary sensory attribute, showing that it is strongly susceptible to adaptation. Here we use the Method of Single Stimuli (MSS) to show that observe…
Received 16 January 2009 08:23 UTC; Posted 16 January 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
Cross-modal facilitation of visual and tactile motion
Robust and versatile perception of the world is augmented considerably when information from our five separate sensory systems is combined. Much recent evidence has demonstrated near-optimal integr…
Received 18 December 2008 06:11 UTC; Posted 18 December 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
Facial Expression Processing Varies with Political Affiliation
Conservative political beliefs have been linked to heightened stress reactivity and protective cognitive biases. Using a facial discrimination task designed to measure perceptions of threat (vs. no…
Received 19 October 2008 01:07 UTC; Posted 21 October 2008
Posted to: Ecology, Neuroscience
Where did Words Come from? A Linking Theory of Sound Symbolism and Natural Language Evolution
Where did words come from? The traditional view is that the relation between the sound of a word and its meaning is arbitrary. An alternative hypothesis, known as sound symbolism, holds that form-m…
Received 06 October 2008 00:21 UTC; Posted 06 October 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Neuroscience
Weight Stigma and Educators’ Perceptions of Children’s Psychological Symptoms
Objective: To investigate whether weight stigma influences educators’ judgments about psychological symptoms in children.Design: Experimental study manipulating the weight status of children with s…
Received 29 July 2008 20:38 UTC; Posted 01 August 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology
Young children do not integrate visual and haptic information
Several studies have shown that adults integrate visual and haptic information (and information from other modalities) in a statistically optimal fashion, weighting each sense according to its reli…
Received 16 January 2008 06:54 UTC; Posted 16 January 2008
Posted to: Neuroscience
A visual sense of number
Evidence exists for a non-verbal capacity to apprehend number, in humans1 (including infants2,3) and in other primates4-6. Here we show that perceived numerosity is susceptible to adaptation,...
Received 20 November 2007 08:56 UTC; Posted 20 November 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
