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Attention and multisensory modulation argue against total encapsulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Benjamin de Haas ,
Dietrich Samuel Schwarzkopf  and
Geraint Rees
Benjamin de Haas
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, WC1N 3AR London, United Kingdom. benjamin.haas.09@ucl.ac.uk s.schwarzkopf@ucl.ac.uk https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/benjamin-de-haas/ https://sampendu.wordpress.com/sam-schwarzkopf/ Experimental Psychology, University College London, WC1H 0AP London, United Kingdom
Dietrich Samuel Schwarzkopf
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, WC1N 3AR London, United Kingdom. benjamin.haas.09@ucl.ac.uk s.schwarzkopf@ucl.ac.uk https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/benjamin-de-haas/ https://sampendu.wordpress.com/sam-schwarzkopf/ Experimental Psychology, University College London, WC1H 0AP London, United Kingdom
Geraint Rees
Affiliation:
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, WC1N 3AR London, United Kingdom. benjamin.haas.09@ucl.ac.uk s.schwarzkopf@ucl.ac.uk https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/experimental-psychology/person/benjamin-de-haas/ https://sampendu.wordpress.com/sam-schwarzkopf/ Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, WC1N 3BG London, United Kingdom. g.rees@ucl.ac.uk http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~grees/
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Abstract

Firestone & Scholl (F&S) postulate that vision proceeds without any direct interference from cognition. We argue that this view is extreme and not in line with the available evidence. Specifically, we discuss two well-established counterexamples: Attention directly affects core aspects of visual processing, and multisensory modulations of vision originate on multiple levels, some of which are unlikely to fall “within perception.”

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e237
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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