Sensorimotor synchronization (SMS), the rhythmic coordination of perception and action,
occurs in many contexts, but most conspicuously in music performance and dance. In the …

The stimulus complexity of naturally occurring odours presents unique challenges for central
nervous systems that are aiming to internalize the external olfactory landscape. One …

Although we have convincing evidence that attention to auditory stimuli modulates neuronal
responses at or before the level of primary auditory cortex (A1), the underlying physiological …

What are the units of attention? In addition to standard models holding that attention can
select spatial regions and visual features, recent work suggests that in some cases attention …

In The Unity of Consciousness Tim Bayne draws on philosophy, psychology, and
neuroscience in defence of the claim that consciousness is unified. In the first part of the …

The fundamental perceptual unit in hearing is the'auditory object'. Similar to visual objects,
auditory objects are the computational result of the auditory system's capacity to detect …

Following on from ecological theories of perception, such as the one proposed by [Gibson,
JJ (1966). The senses considered as perceptual systems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin] this …

Many of us take for granted that what we perceive is a completely accurate representation of
the world around us. Yet we have all had the experience of suddenly realizing that the keys …

There has been longstanding interest from both experimental psychologists and cognitive
neuroscientists in the potential modulatory role of various top–down factors on multisensory …

Abstract Objects are the building blocks of experience, but what do we mean by an object?
Increasingly, neuroscientists refer to'auditory objects', yet it is not clear what properties these …