Temporal integration by multi-level regularities fosters the emergence of dynamic conscious experience.
Ann N Y Acad Sci
; 1533(1): 156-168, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
The relationship between integration and awareness is central to contemporary theories and research on consciousness. Here, we investigated whether and how information integration over time, by incorporating the underlying regularities, contributes to our awareness of the dynamic world. Using binocular rivalry, we demonstrated that structured visual streams, constituted by shape, motion, or idiom sequences containing perceptual- or semantic-level regularities, predominated over their nonstructured but otherwise matched counterparts in the competition for visual awareness. Despite the apparent resemblance, a substantial dissociation of the observed rivalry advantages emerged between perceptual- and semantic-level regularities. These effects stem from nonconscious and conscious temporal integration processes, respectively, with the former but not the latter being vulnerable to perturbations in the spatiotemporal integration window. These findings corroborate the essential role of structure-guided information integration in visual awareness and highlight a multi-level mechanism where temporal integration by perceptually and semantically defined regularities fosters the emergence of continuous conscious experience.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Percepção Visual
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Visão Binocular
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann N Y Acad Sci
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
China
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos