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Neuro-cognitive mechanisms of conscious and unconscious visual perception: From a plethora of phenomena to general principles

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Kiefer M., Ansorge U., Haynes J.-D., Hamker F., Mattler U., Verleger R., Niedeggen M.

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

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2011

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vol. 7

55-67

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Psychological and neuroscience approaches have promoted much progress in elucidating the cognitive and neural mechanisms that underlie phenomenal visual awareness during the last decades. In this article, we provide an overview of the latest research investigating important phenomena in conscious and unconscious vision. We identify general principles to characterize conscious and unconscious visual perception, which may serve as important building blocks for a unified model to explain the plethora of findings. We argue that in particular the integration of principles from both conscious and unconscious vision is advantageous and provides critical constraints for developing adequate theoretical models. Based on the principles identified in our review, we outline essential components of a unified model of conscious and unconscious visual perception. We propose thatawarenessrefers to consolidated visual representations, which are accessible to the entire brain and therefore globally available. However,visual awarenessnot only depends on consolidation within the visual system, but is additionally the result of a post-sensory gating process, which is mediated by higher-level cognitive control mechanisms. We further propose that amplification of visual representations by attentional sensitization is not exclusive to the domain of conscious perception, but also applies to visual stimuli, which remain unconscious. Conscious and unconscious processing modes are highly interdependent with influences in both directions. We therefore argue that exactly this interdependence renders a unified model of conscious and unconscious visual perception valuable. Computational modeling jointly with focused experimental research could lead to a better understanding of the plethora of empirical phenomena in consciousness research.

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Measuring unconscious cognition: Beyond the zero-awareness criterion

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Schmidt T.

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

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2007

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vol. 3

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issue 1-2

275-287

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Visual masking can be employed to manipulate observers' awareness of critical stimuli in studies of masked priming. This paper discusses two different lines of attack for establishing unconscious cognition in such experiments. Firstly,simple dissociationsbetweendirect measures (D)of visual awareness andindirect measures (I)of processing per se occur when I has some nonzero value whileDis at chance level; the traditional requirement of zero awareness is necessary for this criterion only. In contrast,double dissociationsoccur when some experimental manipulation has opposite effects on I andD, for instance, increasing priming effects despite decreasing prime identification performance (Schmidt & Vorberg, 2006). Double dissociations require much weaker measurement assumptions than other criteria. An attractive alternative to this dissociation approach would be to use tasks that are known to violatenecessary conditionsof visual awareness altogether. In particular, it is argued here that priming effects in speeded pointing movements (Schmidt, Niehaus, & Nagel, 2006) occur in the absence of the recurrent processing that is often assumed to be a necessary condition for awareness (for instance, DiLollo, Enns, & Rensink, 2000; Lamme & Roelfsema, 2000). Feedforward tasks such as this might thus be used to measure the time-course of unconscious processing directly, before intracortical feedback and awareness come into play.

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Jak połamać sobie zęby? Analiza polskiego dyskursu nt. twórczości fotograficznej Bronisława Malinowskiego

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Dziewit J.

Laboratorium Kultury

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2013

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vol. 2

92-117

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Tekst zawiera analizę dyskursu nt. twórczości fotograficznej Bronisława Malinowskiego, który w latach 1914–1918 prowadził badania terenowe na Trobriandach. Zdjęcia wykonane przez niego w trakcie tych badań zebrane są w archiwum London School of Economy i udostępnione na stronach internetowych biblioteki tej szkoły. Analizując teksty komentatorów wywodzących się ze środowiska antropologicznego, autor porządkuje zagadnienia i problemy pojawiające się przy dyskusji o fotografiach polskiego antropologa.

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The text is an analysis of the discourse upon pohotographic activity of Bronislaw Malinowski, who’s been performing field work on Trobriand Islands in years 1914–1918. Set of photographs taken by him during his research can be found in London School of Economy, and is available on the Internet site of the school’s library. Analysing text by commentators derived from the anthropologists environment, author organises questions and problems concerning discussions upon the polish anthropologist’s photographs.

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Neuro-cognitive mechanisms of conscious and unconscious visual perception: From a plethora of phenomena to general principles

Measuring unconscious cognition: Beyond the zero-awareness criterion

Jak połamać sobie zęby? Analiza polskiego dyskursu nt. twórczości fotograficznej Bronisława Malinowskiego