Adaptive body representation requires the continuous integration of multisensory inputs
within a flexible 'body model'in the brain. The present review evaluates the idea that this …

Information integration and consciousness are closely related, if not interdependent. But,
what exactly is the nature of their relation? Which forms of integration require …

The processing of interoceptive signals in the insular cortex is thought to underlie self-
awareness. However, the influence of interoception on visual awareness and the role of the …

Traditionally, interocular suppression is believed to disrupt high-level (ie, semantic or
conceptual) processing of the suppressed visual input. The development of a new …

Classic Bayesian models of perceptual inference describe how an ideal observer would
integrate 'unisensory'measurements (multisensory integration) and attribute sensory signals …

Understanding the mechanisms of unconscious processing is one of the most substantial
endeavors of cognitive science. While there are many different empirical ways to address …

Recent studies have highlighted the role of multisensory integration as a key mechanism of
self-consciousness. In particular, integration of bodily signals within the peripersonal space …

Although subjective construal (ie, our personal understanding of situations and the people
and objects within them) has been an enduring topic in social psychology, its underlying …

Multisensory integration is thought to require conscious perception. Although previous
studies have shown that an invisible stimulus could be integrated with an audible one, none …

Looking at another person's facial expression of emotion can trigger the same neural
processes involved in producing the expression, and such responses play a functional role …