Visual categorization is thought to occur in the human ventral temporal cortex (VTC), but
how this categorization is achieved is still largely unknown. In this Review, we consider the …

▪ Abstract The discovery and analysis of cortical visual areas is a major accomplishment of
visual neuroscience. In the past decade the use of noninvasive functional imaging …

Why are some visual stimuli consciously detected, whereas others remain subliminal? We
investigated the fate of weak visual stimuli in the visual and frontal cortex of awake monkeys …

Perceptual learning can be defined as practice-induced improvement in the ability to
perform specific perceptual tasks. We previously proposed the Reverse Hierarchy Theory as …

The visual cortex may be more modifiable than previously considered. Using functional
magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in ten congenitally blind human participants, we found …

Humans can recognize an object within a fraction of a second, even if there are no clues
about what kind of object it might be. Recent findings have identified functional properties of …

Neurons within a small (a few cubic millimeters) region of visual cortex respond to stimuli
within a restricted region of the visual field. Previous studies have characterized the …

The appearance of faces can be strongly affected by the characteristics of faces viewed
previously. These perceptual after-effects reflect processes of sensory adaptation that are …

How the extraordinary multisensory phenomenon of synesthesia has changed our
traditional view of the brain. A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her …

Human recognition performance is characterized by abrupt changes in perceptual states.
Understanding the neuronal dynamics underlying such transitions could provide important …