The reliance in psychology on verbal definitions means that psychological research is
unusually moored to how humans think and communicate about categories. Psychological …

Although at first glance the way we perceive the world is similar for most individuals and
resembles a veridical interpretation of the environment, the persistent individual differences …

We recently found only weak correlations between the susceptibility to various visual
illusions. However, we observed strong correlations among different variants of an illusion …

Common factors are ubiquitous. For example, there is a common factor, g, for intelligence. In
vision, there is much weaker evidence for such common factors. For example, visual illusion …

Perceptual organization concerns the organization of people's perception into meaningful,
structured entities—often wholes containing parts, with specific interrelationships among the …

Individual differences in cognitive abilities are ubiquitous across the spectrum of proficient
language users. Although speakers differ with regard to their memory capacity, ability for …

The present study investigated individual differences in how much subjects rely on prior
information, such as expectations or knowledge, when faced with perceptual ambiguity. The …

The question of whether and how visual artists see the world differently than nonartists has
long engaged researchers and scholars in the arts, sciences, and humanities. Yet as …

Objectives We examined the importance of perceptual-cognitive skills in association football
referees. Design and method Using a novel approach, elite (n= 22) and sub-elite referees …

Vision scientists have tried to classify illusions for more than a century. For example, some
studies suggested that there is a unique common factor for all visual illusions. Other studies …