The human brain shows distinct lateralized activation patterns for a range of cognitive
processes. One such function, which is thought to be lateralized to the right hemisphere …

Categorization of visual stimuli is an intrinsic aspect of human perception. Whether the
cortical mechanisms underlying categorization operate in an all-or-none or graded fashion …

Human face categorization has been extensively studied using event-related potentials
(ERPs), positing the N170 ERP component as a robust neural marker of face categorization …

Auditory noise is a sound, a random variation in air pressure. More generally, random
“noise” can be introduced into any stimulus, including a visual display. Noise added to the …

Visual mental imagery forms mental representations of visual objects when correspondent
stimuli are absent and shares some characters with visual perception. Both the vertex …

Musical melodies have “peaks” and “valleys”. Although the vertical component of pitch and
music is well-known, the mechanisms underlying its mental representation still remain …

Several studies demonstrated that face perception is biased by the prior presentation of
another face, a phenomenon termed as face-related after-effect (FAE). FAE is linked to a …

The presence of noise usually impairs the processing of a stimulus. Here, we studied the
effects of noise on face processing and show, for the first time, that adaptation to noise …

Face pareidolia refers to the compelling illusion of perceiving facial features on inanimate
objects, such as an illusory face on the moon surface. Both top-down and bottom-up factors …