Spatial context is known to affect how a stimulus is perceived. A variety of illusions spanning all visual modalities have been attributed to contextual processing, …
Abstract of “Enhancing Visual Perceptual Learning Through Reward and Sleep” by Aaron V. Berard, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2016 Visual perceptual learning (VPL) is defined …
The goal of this thesis is to investigate the question of developmental continuity in language acquisition. In particular, it aims to address whether representations of …
Declarative memory has long been known to depend on the medial temporal lobe memory system. Recently, there has been renewed focus on the relationship between …
Current models of cognitive control propose that the capacity to control one’s ongoing thoughts and actions is supported by a response threshold adjustment process involving …
During auditory language comprehension, bottom-up acoustic cues in the sensory signal are critical to the recognition of spoken words. However, listeners are also sensitive to …