The picture-word interference (PWI) paradigm allows us to delve into the process of lexical
access in language production with great precision. It creates situations of interference …

The necessity of conscious awareness in human learning has been a long-standing topic in
psychology and neuroscience. Previous research on non-conscious associative learning is …

Animate cues enjoy priority in attentional processes as they carry survival-relevant
information and herald social interaction. Whether and in what way such an attention effect …

It has been posited (Öhman, 1986) that the processing of threatening stimuli became
prioritized during the course of mammalian evolution and that such objects may still enjoy an …

The term visual agnosia is used to refer to recognition disorders that are confined to the
visual modality, that are not due to an impairment in sensory functions, and that cannot be …

Does the nature of representation in the category-selective regions in the occipitotemporal
cortex reflect visual or conceptual properties? Previous research showed that natural …

Visual recognition occurs rapidly at multiple categorization levels, including the
superordinate level (eg, animal), basic level (eg, cat), or exemplar level (eg, my cat). Visual …

The animate monitoring hypothesis (AMH) purports that humans evolved specialized
mechanisms that prioritize attention to animates over inanimates. Importantly, the hypothesis …

Animacy plays an essential role in survival and adaptive behaviour. Previous studies have
found that dangerous or threatening animals can capture and hold attention. However, it is …

Subjective preferences for visual qualities of shapes and fonts have been separately
reported. Such preferences are often similarly attributed to factors such as aesthetic …