Selecting relevant visual information in complex scenes by processing either global
information or local parts helps us act efficiently within our environment and achieve goals. A …

Developmental dyslexia is primarily a reading disorder, but recent studies have indicated
that face processing problems may also be present. Using a case-series approach, we …

Face recognition skills vary considerably both in the normal population and in various
clinical groups, and understanding the cognitive mechanisms contributing to this variability …

Theories about autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have addressed cognitive deficits however
few have examined how comorbid diagnoses, including sleep disturbance, anxiety and …

Developmental prosopagnosia (DP) is a syndrome characterized by lifelong impairment in
face recognition in the absence of brain damage. A key question regarding DP concerns …

With the escalating global climate changes and rapid urbanization, urban flood disasters
have become more frequent and severe, hindering progress toward global sustainability …

The backbone of cognitive neuropsychology is the observation of (double) dissociations in
performance between patients, suggesting some degree of independence between …

Humans can focus their attention narrowly (eg, to read this text) or broadly (eg, to determine
which way a large crowd of people are moving). This Element comprehensively considers …

In everyday life, we are continuously confronted with multiple levels of visual information
processes (eg, global information, the forest, and local information, the tree) and we must …

Fear overgeneralization is widely considered to be a core feature of pathological anxiety,
and the excessive spread of fear can be a great burden on patients. Although perceptual …