Perception and perceptual decision-making are strongly facilitated by prior knowledge about
the probabilistic structure of the world. While the computational benefits of using prior …

The idea that predictions shape how we perceive and comprehend the world has become
increasingly influential in the field of systems neuroscience. It also forms an important …

Visual working memory paradigms involve retaining and manipulating visual information in
mind over a period of seconds. Evidence suggests that visual imagery (sensory recruitment) …

Humans are good at performing visual tasks, but experimental measurements have
revealed substantial biases in the perception of basic visual attributes. An appealing …

When we try to remember whether we left a window open or closed, do we actually see the
window in our mind? If we do, does this mental image play a role in how we think? For …

Spontaneous cortical activity—ongoing activity in the absence of intentional sensory input—
has been studied extensively, using methods ranging from EEG (electroencephalography) …

Functional (f) MRI has revolutionized the field of human brain research. fMRI can
noninvasively map the spatial architecture of brain function via localized increases in blood …

Neuronal orientation selectivity has been shown in animal models to require corticocortical
network cooperation and to be dependent on the presence of GABAergic inhibition …

This book reviews the considerable body of research that has been done to evaluate the
touch skills of blind people. With an emphasis on cognitive and neuroscientific approaches …

We describe an innovative methodology for determining the quality of digital images. The
method is based on measuring the variance of the expected entropy of a given image upon …