Inherent in visual scene analysis is a bottleneck associated with the need to sequentially
sample locations with foveating eye movements. The concept of a 'saliency …

The ability to categorize is fundamental to cognitive development. Some categories emerge
effortlessly and rapidly while others can take years of experience to acquire. Children with …

Background Theoretical approaches propose a hierarchical organization of sensory and
higher-order cognitive processes, in which sensory processing influence some cognitive …

Individuals on the autism spectrum often exhibit atypicality in their sensory perception, but
the neural underpinnings of these perceptual differences remain incompletely understood …

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are often reported to exhibit an apparent
indifference to pain or temperature. Leading models suggest that this behavior is the result …

Virtual Reality (VR) has been an active area of research in the development of interactive
interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) for over two decades …

In natural environments, visual and auditory stimulation elicit responses across a large set of
brain regions in a fraction of a second, yielding representations of the multimodal scene and …

We perceive the world as stable and composed of discrete objects even though auditory and
visual inputs are often ambiguous owing to spatial and temporal occluders and changes in …

People diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulties on Theory
of Mind (ToM) tasks involving social situations, such as 'faux pas'. The objective of this study …

Because musicians are trained to discern sounds within complex acoustic scenes, such as
an orchestra playing, it has been hypothesized that musicianship improves general auditory …