Perceptually unidentifiable stimuli influence cortical processing and behavioral performance

Perceptually unidentifiable stimuli are encoded in the visual cortex, such as to facilitate their future processing in a task context. This form of priming may constitute a pre-attention mechanism using the mere frequency of stimulus occurrence to change stimulus representations, even when sensory i...

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Main Authors: Sorin A. Pojoga, Natasha Kharas, Valentin Dragoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19848-w