The idea that social motivation deficits play a central role in Autism Spectrum Disorders
(ASD) has recently gained increased interest. This constitutes a shift in autism research …

Multistable perception is the spontaneous alternation between two or more perceptual states
that occurs when sensory information is ambiguous. Multistable phenomena permit …

The processing of interoceptive signals in the insular cortex is thought to underlie self-
awareness. However, the influence of interoception on visual awareness and the role of the …

The modal view in the cognitive and neural sciences holds that consciousness is necessary
for abstract, symbolic, and rule-following computations. Hence, semantic processing of …

Rapid evaluation of ecologically relevant stimuli may lead to their preferential access to
awareness. Continuous flash suppression allows assessment of affective processing under …

This essay reviews major developments–empirical and theoretical–in the field of binocular
vision during the last 25years. We limit our survey primarily to work on human stereopsis …

Human conscious awareness is commonly seen as the climax of evolution. However, what
function—if any—it serves in human behavior is still debated. One of the leading …

Until recently, it has been thought that under interocular suppression high-level visual
processing is strongly inhibited if not abolished. With the development of continuous flash …

Traditionally, interocular suppression is believed to disrupt high-level (ie, semantic or
conceptual) processing of the suppressed visual input. The development of a new …

Human vision serves the social function of detecting and discriminating with high efficiency
conspecifics and other animals. The social world is made of social entities as much as the …