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What is the Bandwidth of Perceptual Experience?

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Cohen, Michael A., Dennett, Daniel C., Kanwisher, Nancy·2016·Trends in Cognitive Sciences
DOI 10.1016/j.tics.2016.03.006
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Although our subjective impression is of a richly detailed visual world, numerous empirical results suggest that the amount of visual information observers can perceive and remember at any given moment is limited. How can our subjective impressions be reconciled with these objective observations? Here, we answer this question by arguing that, although we see more than the handful of objects, claimed by prominent models of visual attention and working memory, we still see far less than we think we do. Taken together, we argue that these considerations resolve the apparent conflict between our subjective impressions and empirical data on visual capacity, while also illuminating the nature of the representations underlying perceptual experience.

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Authors
Cohen, M. A., Dennett, D. C., & Kanwisher, N.
Venue
Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-05
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
324-335
ISSN
1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.tics.2016.03.006
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419
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115
FWCI
4.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
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