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perceptual processing

The sensory and perceptual mechanisms that convert physical stimulation into usable percepts: detection, discrimination, feature extraction, perceptual organization, and the early encoding of visual, auditory, and other sensory input. This is the foundational, domain-general construct of how the senses build a representation of the world. Unlike working_memory (holding information after it is perceived) and executive_function (controlling cognition), this operates at the front-end sensory and perceptual stage; unlike individual_differences, it names a specific mechanism rather than between-person variation in ability.

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  1. Features of perception: Exploring the perception of change in a psychological refractory period paradigm ↗ · 2004 · Richards, Eric et al. · indexed
  2. On the role of selective attention in visual perception · 1998 · Luck, Steven J. et al. · archived
  3. Normal hearing is not enough to guarantee robust encoding of suprathreshold features important in everyday communication ↗ · 2011 · Ruggles, Dorea et al. · indexed
  4. Object-based auditory and visual attention ↗ · 2008 · Shinn-Cunningham, Barbara G. · indexed
  5. The Perception of Features and Objects ↗ · 1998 · Treisman, Anne · indexed
  6. Neural mechanisms of visual selective attention ↗ · 1995 · MANGUN, GEORGE R. · indexed
  7. Perception and information processing ↗ · 1999 · Gellatly, Angus · indexed
  8. Thinking mechanistically about perceptual learning: Broad consequences for philosophy of mind ↗ · 2025 · Burnston, Daniel C. et al. · indexed
  9. Surfaces versus features in visual search ↗ · 1992 · He, Zijiang J. et al. · indexed
  10. Sensory ERPs predict differences in working memory span and fluid intelligence ↗ · 2004 · Brumback, Carrie R. et al. · indexed
  11. Visual Memory and Visual Perception Recruit Common Neural Substrates ↗ · 2004 · Slotnick, Scott D. · indexed
  12. A sensorimotor account of vision and visual consciousness ↗ · 2001 · J. Kevin Ο’Regan et al. · indexed
  13. Expectations Do Not Alter Early Sensory Processing during Perceptual Decision-Making ↗ · 2018 · Rungratsameetaweemana, Nuttida et al. · indexed
  14. A theoretical study of information transmission in the auditory system using signal detection theory: frequency discrimination by normal and impaired systems ↗ · 2002 · Huettel, L.G. et al. · indexed
  15. Contrasting the Effects of Task Difficulty and Perceptual Load on Auditory Detection Sensitivity in Individuals with Autism ↗ · 2018 · Tillmann, Julian et al. · indexed
  16. Atypical sensory reactivity influences auditory attentional control in adults with autism spectrum disorders ↗ · 2016 · Karhson, Debra S. et al. · indexed
  17. Excitatory signal processing in early visual areas based on task-relevance and perceptual salience modulates visual perceptual learning ↗ · 2025 · Becker, Markus et al. · indexed
  18. A theory of cortical responses ↗ · 2005 · Friston, Karl · indexed
  19. The dimensional-action system: a distinct visual system ↗ · 2002 · Cohen, Asher et al. · indexed
  20. Perceptual origins of the phoneme boundary effect and selective adaptation to speech: A signal detection theory analysis ↗ · 1979 · Elman, Jeffrey L. · indexed
  21. A Two-Stage Process Model of Sensory Discrimination: An Alternative to Drift-Diffusion ↗ · 2016 · Sun, Peng et al. · indexed
  22. Visual working memory impairs visual detection: A function of working memory load or sensory load? ↗ · 2021 · Guo, Yang et al. · indexed
  23. Two different mechanisms for the detection of stimulus omission ↗ · 2016 · Ohmae, Shogo et al. · indexed
  24. The visual N1 component as an index of a discrimination process ↗ · 2000 · Vogel, Edward K. et al. · indexed
  25. The Automaticity of Visual Statistical Learning. · 2005 · Nicholas B. Turk‐Browne et al. · archived
  26. Individual Resting-state alpha peak frequency and within-trial changes in alpha peak frequency both predict visual flash segregation performance ↗ · 2020 · Drewes, Jan et al. · indexed
  27. Dynamics and maintenance of categorical responses in primary auditory cortex during task engagement ↗ · 2022 · Chillale, Rupesh Kumar et al. · indexed
  28. Dynamics and maintenance of categorical responses in primary auditory cortex during task engagement ↗ · 2023 · Chillale, Rupesh K et al. · indexed
  29. Linking signal detection theory and encoding models to reveal independent neural representations from neuroimaging data ↗ · 2018 · Soto, Fabian A. et al. · indexed
  30. Multiple Levels of Stimulus Representation in Visual Working Memory ↗ · 2006 · Shin, Eunsam et al. · indexed
  31. Development of a Prototype Sensory Device as a Substitute for Single Sided Deaf People in Developing Nations ↗ · 2022 · Adetunla, Adedotun O. et al. · indexed
  32. Temporal trajectories of mismatch negativity reveal dynamics of auditory perceptual learning ↗ · 2025 · Godfrey, Matthew et al. · indexed
  33. The speed of object recognition from a haptic glance: event-related potential evidence ↗ · 2015 · Gurtubay-Antolin, Ane et al. · indexed
  34. Neurophysiological correlates of perceptual learning in the human brain ↗ · 1994 · Skrandies, Wolfgang et al. · indexed
  35. Frequency tagging evidence supports perceptual separation of rapid stimuli in human fetuses ↗ · 2025 · Frohlich, Joel et al. · indexed
  36. Subjective and objective learning effects dissociate in space and in time ↗ · 2011 · Schwiedrzik, Caspar M. et al. · indexed
  37. Discrete versus continuous stage models of human information processing: In search of partial output. ↗ · 1982 · Miller, Jeff · indexed
  38. The factors associated with school readiness: Sensory processing, motor, and visual perceptual skills, and executive functions in kindergarten children ↗ · 2023 · Aydoner, Selen et al. · indexed
  39. Drift-diffusion model for explaining perceptual processes of ambiguous images ↗ · 2026 · Muhammad, Usama et al. · indexed
  40. Gamma activity in human EEG is related to highspeed memory comparisons during object selective attention ↗ · 2001 · Herrmann, Christoph S. et al. · indexed
  41. Investigation of working memory networks for verbal and rhythmic stimuli ↗ · 2019 · Hoddinott, Joshua D. et al. · indexed
  42. Imagining Sounds and Images: Decoding the Contribution of Unimodal and Transmodal Brain Regions to Semantic Retrieval in the Absence of Meaningful Input ↗ · 2019 · Murphy, Charlotte et al. · indexed
  43. Theta rhythmic attentional enhancement of alpha rhythmic perceptual sampling ↗ · 2020 · Michel, René et al. · indexed
  44. Timecourse of neural signatures of object recognition ↗ · 2003 · Johnson, Jeffrey S. et al. · indexed
  45. Individual Differences in Lexical Contributions to Speech Perception ↗ · 2021 · Giovannone, Nikole et al. · indexed
  46. Diagnostic colours contribute to the early stages of scene categorization: Behavioural and neurophysiological evidence ↗ · 2005 · Goffaux, Valérie et al. · indexed
  47. Increased reliance on top-down information to compensate for reduced bottom-up use of acoustic cues in dyslexia ↗ · 2021 · Derawi, Hadeer et al. · indexed
  48. Random Tactile Noise Stimulation Reveals Beta-Rhythmic Impulse Response Function of the Somatosensory System ↗ · 2022 · Chota, Samson et al. · indexed
  49. Diagnostic Colors Contribute to the Early Stages of Scene Categorization: Behavioral and Neurophysiological Evidence ↗ · 2004 · Goffaux, Valérie et al. · indexed
  50. Signal in the noise: Dimensions of predictability in the home auditory environment are associated with neurobehavioral measures of early infant sustained attention ↗ · 2022 · Werchan, Denise M. et al. · indexed
  51. Verbal Labels Facilitate Tactile Texture Discrimination in a Perceptual Learning Task ↗ · 2021 · Arun, Ishita et al. · indexed
  52. Sensory Processing and Executive Functioning in Autistic Adults ↗ · 2025 · Kiep, Michelle et al. · indexed
  53. Children With Normal Hearing Are Efficient Users of Fundamental Frequency and Vocal Tract Length Cues for Voice Discrimination ↗ · 2019 · Zaltz, Yael et al. · indexed
  54. Neurophysiological, linguistic, and cognitive predictors of children’s ability to perceive speech in noise ↗ · 2019 · Thompson, Elaine C. et al. · indexed
  55. Subcortical encoding of sound is enhanced in bilinguals and relates to executive function advantages ↗ · 2012 · Krizman, Jennifer et al. · indexed
  56. Finger representations in primary somatosensory cortex are modulated by a vibrotactile working memory task ↗ · 2021 · Rabe, Finn et al. · indexed
  57. No fruits without color: Cross-modal priming and EEG reveal different roles for different features across semantic categories ↗ · 2020 · Argiris, Georgette et al. · indexed
  58. Empirically Identifying and Computationally Modeling the Brain–Behavior Relationship for Human Scene Categorization ↗ · 2023 · Karapetian, Agnessa et al. · indexed
  59. No fruits without color: Cross-modal priming and EEG reveal different roles for different features across semantic categories ↗ · 2021 · Argiris, Georgette et al. · indexed
  60. Understanding Dali's <i>Slave Market with the Disappearing Bust of Voltaire</i> : A Case Study in the Scale Information Driving Perception ↗ · 2002 · Bonnar, Lizann et al. · indexed
  61. Top-down knowledge rapidly acquired through abstract rule learning biases subsequent visual attention in 9-month-old infants ↗ · 2020 · Werchan, D.M. et al. · indexed
  62. A ‘demixing’ model explains repulsive biases in visual working memory and perception ↗ · 2022 · Chetverikov, Andrey · indexed
  63. On the Role of Prestimulus Alpha Rhythms over Occipito-Parietal Areas in Visual Input Regulation: Correlation or Causation? ↗ · 2010 · Romei, V. et al. · indexed
  64. Neural architecture for binding in visual working memory ↗ · 2016 · Bays, Paul · indexed
  65. A shared neural network for simple reaction time ↗ · 2004 · Kansaku, Kenji et al. · indexed
  66. High Resolution Imaging of the Fusiform Face Area (FFA) Using Nonlinear Classifiers Shows Diagnosticity for Nonface Categories ↗ · 2008 · Hanson, Stephen et al. · indexed
  67. The impact of early and late blindness on language and verbal working memory: A brain-constrained neural model ↗ · 2024 · Tomasello, Rosario et al. · indexed
  68. The Social Sense: Susceptibility to Others’ Beliefs in Human Infants and Adults ↗ · 2010 · Kovács, Ágnes Melinda et al. · indexed
  69. People with Absolute Pitch Process Tones Without Producing a P300 ↗ · 1984 · Klein, Mark et al. · indexed
  70. Modified sensory processing in the barrel cortex of the Rat model of Alzheimer’s disease ↗ · 2011 · (PhD), Goshadrou F · indexed
  71. A Generalized Symmetry Transform With Selective Attention Capability for Specific Corner Angles ↗ · 2004 · Choi, I. et al. · indexed
  72. Toward a Causal Science of Early Play? ↗ · 2025 · Serino, Giulia et al. · indexed
  73. Pain genes. ↗ · 2008 · Foulkes, Tom et al. · indexed
  74. High Efficiency Video Coding Compliant Perceptual Video Coding Using Entropy Based Visual Saliency Model ↗ · 2019 · Zeeshan, Muhammad et al. · indexed
  75. Early Visual Language Exposure and Emergent Literacy in Preschool Deaf Children: Findings From a National Longitudinal Study ↗ · 2014 · Allen, Thomas E. et al. · indexed
  76. Sonority-Related Novel Word Learning Ability of Children With Cochlear Implants With Optimal Oral Language Exposure ↗ · 2020 · Hamza, Yasmeen et al. · indexed
  77. Deterritorializing Extraction: Bioaccumulation and the Planetary Mine ↗ · 2014 · Labban, Mazen · indexed
  78. The cAMP Receptor Subtype cAR2 Is Restricted to a Subset of Prestalk Cells duringDictyosteliumDevelopment and Displays Unexpected DIF-1 Responsiveness ↗ · 1996 · Saxe, III, Charles L. et al. · indexed
  79. Integrative Transcriptomic Analysis and Co-Expression Network Characterization of Soybean Developmental Tissues ↗ · 2026 · Knizia, Dounya et al. · indexed
  80. Decoding biomolecular condensate dynamics: an energy landscape approach ↗ · 2025 · Biswas, Subhadip et al. · indexed
  81. Transfiguration: Southworth and Hawes, Reproduced Images and Body ↗ · 2022 · Handy, Ellen · indexed