This article presents a comprehensive survey of research concerning interactions between
associative learning and attention in humans. Four main findings are described. First …

We propose the Selfish Goal model, which holds that a person's behavior is driven by
psychological processes called goals that guide his or her behavior, at times in contradictory …

What determines what we see? In contrast to the traditional “modular” understanding of
perception, according to which visual processing is encapsulated from higher-level …

Humans are social animals in that they are dependent on one another for connectedness,
self-esteem, and knowledge/understanding of the world. This chapter focuses on an …

People assume that they perceive the world as it really is. In this article, we review research
that questions this assumption and instead suggests that people see what they want to see …

A growing body of research suggests that social contextual factors such as desires and
goals, affective states and stereotypes can shape early perceptual processes. We suggest …

People tend to believe that their perceptions are veridical representations of the world, but
also commonly report perceiving what they want to see or hear. It remains unclear whether …

People perceive religious and moral iconography in ambiguous objects, ranging from grilled
cheese to bird feces. In the current research, we examined whether moral concerns can …

Video evidence has been widely welcomed into courtrooms, largely on the implicit faith that
video objectively represents the legally relevant facts as they are. In this paper, we argue …

Substantial experimental, theoretical, and computational insights into sensory processing
have been derived from the phenomena of perceptual multistability—when two or more …