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Cognition can affect perception: Restating the evidence of a top-down effect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Daniel T. Levin ,
Lewis J. Baker  and
Mahzarin R. Banaji
Daniel T. Levin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203-5721; daniel.t.levin@vanderbilt.edu lewis.j.baker@vanderbilt.edu https://my.vanderbilt.edu/daniellevinlab/about-me/ https://my.vanderbilt.edu/lewisbaker/about-me/
Lewis J. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203-5721; daniel.t.levin@vanderbilt.edu lewis.j.baker@vanderbilt.edu https://my.vanderbilt.edu/daniellevinlab/about-me/ https://my.vanderbilt.edu/lewisbaker/about-me/
Mahzarin R. Banaji
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. mahzarin_banaji@harvard.edu http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~banaji/
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Abstract

We argue that Firestone & Scholl (F&S) provide worthwhile recommendations but that their critique of research by Levin and Banaji (2006) is unfounded. In addition, we argue that F&S apply unjustified level of skepticism about top-down effects relative to other broad hypotheses about the sources of perceptual intelligence.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e250
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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