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.

37 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

1. Features of perception: Exploring the perception of change in a psychological refractory period paradigm ↗ · 2004 · Richards, Eric et al. · indexed
2. Normal hearing is not enough to guarantee robust encoding of suprathreshold features important in everyday communication ↗ · 2011 · Ruggles, Dorea et al. · indexed
3. The Perception of Features and Objects ↗ · 1998 · Treisman, Anne · indexed
4. On the role of selective attention in visual perception · 1998 · Luck, Steven J. et al. · archived
5. Neural mechanisms of visual selective attention ↗ · 1995 · MANGUN, GEORGE R. · indexed
6. Perception and information processing ↗ · 1999 · Gellatly, Angus · indexed
7. Sensory ERPs predict differences in working memory span and fluid intelligence ↗ · 2004 · Brumback, Carrie R. et al. · indexed
8. Visual Memory and Visual Perception Recruit Common Neural Substrates ↗ · 2004 · Slotnick, Scott D. · indexed
9. A sensorimotor account of vision and visual consciousness ↗ · 2001 · J. Kevin Ο’Regan et al. · indexed
10. Expectations Do Not Alter Early Sensory Processing during Perceptual Decision-Making ↗ · 2018 · Rungratsameetaweemana, Nuttida et al. · indexed
11. Dual-format attentional template during preparation in human visual cortex · 2025 · Chen, Yilin et al. · archived
12. Attentional modulation of perceptual stabilization · 2006 · Kanai, Ryota et al. · archived
13. The dimensional-action system: a distinct visual system ↗ · 2002 · Cohen, Asher et al. · indexed
14. The visual N1 component as an index of a discrimination process ↗ · 2000 · Vogel, Edward K. et al. · indexed
15. Object grouping based on real-world regularities facilitates perception by reducing competitive interactions in visual cortex · 2014 · Kaiser, Daniel et al. · archived
16. Multiple Levels of Stimulus Representation in Visual Working Memory ↗ · 2006 · Shin, Eunsam et al. · indexed
17. The speed of object recognition from a haptic glance: event-related potential evidence ↗ · 2015 · Gurtubay-Antolin, Ane et al. · indexed
18. Discrete versus continuous stage models of human information processing: In search of partial output. ↗ · 1982 · Miller, Jeff · indexed
19. Timecourse of neural signatures of object recognition ↗ · 2003 · Johnson, Jeffrey S. et al. · indexed
20. Electrophysiological evidence for temporal overlap among contingent mental processes. · 1992 · Miller, Jeff et al. · archived
21. Diagnostic colours contribute to the early stages of scene categorization: Behavioural and neurophysiological evidence ↗ · 2005 · Goffaux, Valérie et al. · indexed
22. Diagnostic Colors Contribute to the Early Stages of Scene Categorization: Behavioral and Neurophysiological Evidence ↗ · 2004 · Goffaux, Valérie et al. · indexed
23. 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
24. Children With Normal Hearing Are Efficient Users of Fundamental Frequency and Vocal Tract Length Cues for Voice Discrimination ↗ · 2019 · Zaltz, Yael et al. · indexed
25. Neurophysiological, linguistic, and cognitive predictors of children’s ability to perceive speech in noise ↗ · 2019 · Thompson, Elaine C. et al. · indexed
26. Subcortical encoding of sound is enhanced in bilinguals and relates to executive function advantages ↗ · 2012 · Krizman, Jennifer et al. · indexed
27. Empirically Identifying and Computationally Modeling the Brain–Behavior Relationship for Human Scene Categorization ↗ · 2023 · Karapetian, Agnessa et al. · indexed
28. Prestimulus Oscillations in the Alpha Band of the EEG Are Modulated by the Difficulty of Feature Discrimination and Predict Activation of a Sensory Discrimination Process ↗ · 2014 · Roberts, Daniel M. et al. · indexed
29. A ‘demixing’ model explains repulsive biases in visual working memory and perception ↗ · 2022 · Chetverikov, Andrey · indexed
30. On the Role of Prestimulus Alpha Rhythms over Occipito-Parietal Areas in Visual Input Regulation: Correlation or Causation? ↗ · 2010 · Romei, V. et al. · indexed
31. Making Sense of Sentences: Top-Down Processing of Speech by Adult Cochlear Implant Users · 2019 · Moberly, Aaron C. et al. · archived
32. The Social Sense: Susceptibility to Others’ Beliefs in Human Infants and Adults ↗ · 2010 · Kovács, Ágnes Melinda et al. · indexed
33. People with Absolute Pitch Process Tones Without Producing a P300 ↗ · 1984 · Klein, Mark et al. · indexed
34. Numerical Magnitude Processing in Deaf Adolescents and Its Contribution to Arithmetical Ability · 2021 · Chen, Lilan et al. · archived
35. A Generalized Symmetry Transform With Selective Attention Capability for Specific Corner Angles ↗ · 2004 · Choi, I. et al. · indexed
36. Toward a Causal Science of Early Play? ↗ · 2025 · Serino, Giulia et al. · indexed
37. Sonority-Related Novel Word Learning Ability of Children With Cochlear Implants With Optimal Oral Language Exposure ↗ · 2020 · Hamza, Yasmeen et al. · indexed