In this paper, I discuss empirical evidence regarding anorexic patients' distorted body
representations. I fit this evidence into a broader framework for understanding how the …

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

A tidal wave of recent research purports to have discovered that higher-level states such as
moods, action capabilities, and categorical knowledge can literally and directly affect how …

Do you wonder how movies–sequences of static frames–appear to move, or why 3-D films
look different from traditional movies? Why does ventriloquism work, and why can airliner …

A chief goal of perception is to help us navigate our environment. According to a rich and
ambitious theory of spatial perception, the visual system achieves this goal not by aiming to …

A recent surge of research has revived the notion that higher-level cognitive states such as
beliefs, desires, and categorical knowledge can directly change what we see. The force of …

Can what we know change what we see? A line of research stretching back nearly a century
suggests that knowing an object's canonical color can alter its visual appearance, such that …

Imagine an experiment in which you show someone pictures of a computer-generated face
displaying random expressions, ranging from happy, through neutral, to sad. You tell the …

Despite a growing number of studies suggesting that emotion words affect perceptual
judgments of emotional stimuli, little is known about how emotion words affect perceptual …