Summary: New research utilized advanced, simultaneous EEG-fMRI tracking to prove that the brain does not run a single process ...

Temporal discounting, the tendency to devalue future rewards as a function of delay until receipt, is influenced by time framing. Specifically, discount rates are shallower when the time at which the ...

While there is a wealth of knowledge about core object recognition—our ability to recognize clear, high-contrast object images—how the brain accomplishes object recognition tasks under increased ...

In real-world scenarios, objects’ surface features sometimes change as they move, impairing the continuity of objects. However, it is still unknown how our visual system adapts to this dynamic change.

An intuitive understanding of physical objects and events is critical for successfully interacting with the world. Does the brain achieve this understanding by running simulations in a mental physics ...

Abstract: When engaged in dynamic visuospatial tasks, the brain copes with perceptual and cognitive processing challenges. During multiple-object tracking (MOT), the number of objects to be tracked (i ...

Attentional effort relates to the allocation of limited-capacity attentional resources to meet current task demands and involves the activation of top-down attentional systems in the brain.

Our perceptual capacities are limited by attentional resources. One important question is whether these resources are allocated separately to each sense or shared between them. We addressed this issue ...

A University of Illinois experiment shows that waning focus isn’t caused by a drained “attention tank” at all—it’s the brain getting bored. When volunteers tackled a mind-numbing computer task for ...

The question of what is a perceptual object is one of the most central and also controversial issues in cognitive science. According to the topological approach to perceptual organization, the core ...