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Attention and multisensory modulation argue against total encapsulation.

Benjamin de Haas1, Dietrich Samuel Schwarzkopf1, Geraint Rees1

  • 1Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience,University College London,WC1N 3AR London,United Kingdom.benjamin.haas.09@ucl.ac.uks.schwarzkopf@ucl.ac.ukhttps://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/benjamin-de-haas/https://sampendu.wordpress.com/sam-schwarzkopf/.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 31, 2017
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Cognition influences vision, challenging the idea that perception is independent. Evidence shows attention and multisensory input directly impact visual processing, contradicting Firestone & Scholl

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Visual perception

Background:

  • Firestone & Scholl (F&S) proposed that visual perception operates independently of cognitive processes.
  • This viewpoint suggests a strict separation between sensory input and higher-level cognition.
  • However, emerging evidence challenges this strict dichotomy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the postulate of cognitive independence in vision.
  • To present evidence demonstrating the influence of cognition on visual processing.
  • To argue against an extreme view of non-interactive perception.

Main Methods:

  • Review and synthesis of existing research on attention and visual processing.
  • Analysis of studies on multisensory integration and its effects on vision.

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  • Theoretical argumentation based on empirical evidence.

    • Main Results:

    • Attention demonstrably modulates core visual processing mechanisms.
    • Multisensory influences on vision occur at multiple processing levels.
    • Some of these multisensory modulations extend beyond the boundaries of 'perception' itself.

    Conclusions:

    • The strict separation of vision from cognition, as postulated by F&S, is not supported by current evidence.
    • Cognitive factors like attention and multisensory integration are integral to visual perception.
    • Visual processing is a more dynamic and interactive system than previously suggested.