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SUBMITTER: Fahrenfort JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3535630 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fahrenfort Johannes J JJ Snijders Tineke M TM Heinen Klaartje K van Gaal Simon S Scholte H Steven HS Lamme Victor A F VA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121210 52
The human brain has the extraordinary capability to transform cluttered sensory input into distinct object representations. For example, it is able to rapidly and seemingly without effort detect object categories in complex natural scenes. Surprisingly, category tuning is not sufficient to achieve conscious recognition of objects. What neural process beyond category extraction might elevate neural representations to the level where objects are consciously perceived? Here we show that visible and ...[more]