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The El Greco fallacy and pupillometry: Pupillary evidence for top-down effects on perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Weizhen Xie  and
Weiwei Zhang
Weizhen Xie
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521. weizhen.xie@email.ucr.edu weiwei.zhang@ucr.edu http://sites.zanewzxie.org/ http://memory.ucr.edu
Weiwei Zhang
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521. weizhen.xie@email.ucr.edu weiwei.zhang@ucr.edu http://sites.zanewzxie.org/ http://memory.ucr.edu
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Abstract

In this commentary, we address the El Greco fallacy by reviewing some recent pupillary evidence supporting top-down modulation of perception. Furthermore, we give justification for including perceptual effects of attention in tests of cognitive penetrability. Together, these exhibits suggest that cognition can affect perception (i.e., they support cognitive penetrability).

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e263
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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