Is There Release from Masking from Isomorphism between Perception and Action?
The phenomenon of “entry into awareness” is one of the most challenging puzzles in neuroscience. Research has shown how entry is influenced by processes that are “bottom-up” (e.g., stimulus salience, motion, novelty, incentive and emotional quality) and associated with working memory. Although consc...
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| author | Tara C. Dennehy Shanna Cooper Tanaz Molapour Ezequiel Morsella |
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| description | The phenomenon of “entry into awareness” is one of the most challenging puzzles in neuroscience. Research has shown how entry is influenced by processes that are “bottom-up” (e.g., stimulus salience, motion, novelty, incentive and emotional quality) and associated with working memory. Although consciousness is intimately related to action, action-based entry remains under-explored. We review research showing that action-related processing influences the nature of percepts already in conscious awareness and present three experiments that, using a “release-from-masking” technique, examine whether action plans can also influence that which enters awareness in the first place. The present data, though intriguing and consistent with previous research, are not definitive. The limitations and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed. We hope that these experiments will spur further investigation of this understudied topic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-44a5dcef7f68488da885bff94080abc82022-12-21T20:35:59ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252014-03-014222023910.3390/brainsci4020220brainsci4020220Is There Release from Masking from Isomorphism between Perception and Action?Tara C. Dennehy0Shanna Cooper1Tanaz Molapour2Ezequiel Morsella3Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USADepartment of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USADepartment of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm SE-17177, SwedenDepartment of Psychology, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, EP 301, San Francisco, CA 94132, USAThe phenomenon of “entry into awareness” is one of the most challenging puzzles in neuroscience. Research has shown how entry is influenced by processes that are “bottom-up” (e.g., stimulus salience, motion, novelty, incentive and emotional quality) and associated with working memory. Although consciousness is intimately related to action, action-based entry remains under-explored. We review research showing that action-related processing influences the nature of percepts already in conscious awareness and present three experiments that, using a “release-from-masking” technique, examine whether action plans can also influence that which enters awareness in the first place. The present data, though intriguing and consistent with previous research, are not definitive. The limitations and theoretical implications of the findings are discussed. We hope that these experiments will spur further investigation of this understudied topic.http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/4/2/220consciousnessideomotor theoryperceptual resonanceperception-and-action |
| spellingShingle | Tara C. Dennehy Shanna Cooper Tanaz Molapour Ezequiel Morsella Is There Release from Masking from Isomorphism between Perception and Action? Brain Sciences consciousness ideomotor theory perceptual resonance perception-and-action |
| title | Is There Release from Masking from Isomorphism between Perception and Action? |
| title_full | Is There Release from Masking from Isomorphism between Perception and Action? |
| title_fullStr | Is There Release from Masking from Isomorphism between Perception and Action? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Is There Release from Masking from Isomorphism between Perception and Action? |
| title_short | Is There Release from Masking from Isomorphism between Perception and Action? |
| title_sort | is there release from masking from isomorphism between perception and action |
| topic | consciousness ideomotor theory perceptual resonance perception-and-action |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/4/2/220 |
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