Teufel, Christoph  ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3915-9716 and Nanay, Bence
2017.
How to (and how not to) think about top-down influences on visual perception.
Consciousness and Cognition
47
, pp. 17-25.
10.1016/j.concog.2016.05.008
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Abstract
The question of whether cognition can influence perception has a long history in neuroscience and philosophy. Here, we outline a novel approach to this issue, arguing that it should be viewed within the framework of top-down information-processing. This approach leads to a reversal of the standard explanatory order of the cognitive penetration debate: we suggest studying top-down processing at various levels without preconceptions of perception or cognition. Once a clear picture has emerged about which processes have influences on those at lower levels, we can re-address the extent to which they should be considered perceptual or cognitive. Using top-down processing within the visual system as a model for higher-level influences, we argue that the current evidence indicates clear constraints on top-down influences at all stages of information processing; it does, however, not support the notion of a boundary between specific types of information-processing as proposed by the cognitive impenetrability hypothesis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Date Type: | Publication |
| Status: | Published |
| Schools: | Research Institutes & Centres > Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) Schools > Psychology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Visual perception; Top-down processing; Feedback connections; Cognitive penetration; Encapsulation |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1053-8100 |
| Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 17 May 2016 |
| Date of Acceptance: | 17 May 2016 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Nov 2024 01:30 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/90977 |
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