Mental representations remain the central posits of psychology after many decades of
scrutiny. However, there is no consensus about the representational format (s) of biological …

Background Studying animal cognition in a social setting is associated with practical and
statistical challenges. However, conducting cognitive research without disturbing species …

Prospective (forward) temporal–spatial models are essential for both action and perception,
but the literature on perceptual prediction has primarily been limited to the spatial domain. In …

Perceptual gaps can be caused by objects in the foreground temporarily occluding objects
in the background or by eyeblinks, which briefly but frequently interrupt visual information …

Constructing a rich and continuous visual experience requires computing specific details
across views as well as integrating similarities across views. In this paper, we report …

If you weren't paying attention, you could be forgiven for thinking that this chapter was part of
a collection assembled in honor of several people named Zenon Pylyshyn: the philosopher …

Animals from numerous taxa use auditory information to functionally deceive other
individuals, either by producing or withholding various vocal signals. However, little …

What makes an object the same persisting individual over time? Philosophers and
psychologists have both grappled with this question, but from different perspectives …

Young infants' successful performance on false belief tasks has led several researchers to
argue that there may be a core knowledge system for representing the beliefs of other …

Meaningful visual experience requires computations that identify objects as the same
persisting individuals over time, motion, occlusion, and featural change. This article explores …