[PDF][PDF] Motor learning

JW Krakauer, AM Hadjiosif, J Xu, AL Wong, AM Haith - Compr Physiol, 2019 - osf.io
Motor learning encompasses a wide range of phenomena, ranging from relatively low-level
mechanisms for maintaining calibration of our movements, to making high-level cognitive …

Empirical support for higher-order theories of conscious awareness

H Lau, D Rosenthal - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2011 - cell.com
Higher-order theories of consciousness argue that conscious awareness crucially depends
on higher-order mental representations that represent oneself as being in particular mental …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the orientation of invisible stimuli from activity in human primary visual cortex

JD Haynes, G Rees - Nature neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
Humans can experience aftereffects from oriented stimuli that are not consciously perceived,
suggesting that such stimuli receive cortical processing. Determining the physiological …

When the brain loses its self: prefrontal inactivation during sensorimotor processing

II Goldberg, M Harel, R Malach - Neuron, 2006 - cell.com
A common theme in theories of subjective awareness poses a self-related" observer"
function, or a homunculus, as a critical element without which awareness can not emerge …

The serial reaction time task: implicit motor skill learning?

EM Robertson - Journal of Neuroscience, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
Since its development 20 years ago, the serial reaction time task (SRTT) has gone from
being a tool used by psychologists (Nissen and Bullemer, 1987) to one that, in the last few …

Neural dissociation between visual awareness and spatial attention

V Wyart, C Tallon-Baudry - Journal of Neuroscience, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
To what extent does what we consciously see depend on where we attend to? Psychologists
have long stressed the tight relationship between visual awareness and spatial attention at …

Subliminal smells can guide social preferences

W Li, I Moallem, KA Paller… - Psychological …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
It is widely accepted that unconscious processes can modulate judgments and behavior, but
do such influences affect one's daily interactions with other people? Given that olfactory …

Unconscious activation of the cognitive control system in the human prefrontal cortex

HC Lau, RE Passingham - Journal of Neuroscience, 2007 - Soc Neuroscience
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we tested whether unconscious information
can influence the cognitive control system in the human prefrontal cortex. Volunteers had to …

Human observers have optimal introspective access to perceptual processes even for visually masked stimuli

MAK Peters, H Lau - Elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Many believe that humans can 'perceive unconsciously'–that for weak stimuli, briefly
presented and masked, above-chance discrimination is possible without awareness …

Frontal cortex mediates unconsciously triggered inhibitory control

S Van Gaal, KR Ridderinkhof, JJ Fahrenfort… - Journal of …, 2008 - Soc Neuroscience
To further our understanding of the function of conscious experience we need to know which
cognitive processes require awareness and which do not. Here, we show that an …