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Ali Pournaghdali

3 papers in the library · publishing 2018-2023

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The relation of subjective experience to cognitive processing

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 2023 Bennett L Schwartz, Ali Pournaghdali

Abstract: Barzykowski and Moulin argue that common memory processes form the basis of involuntary autobiographical memory and the déjà vu experience. We think that they underemphasize the potential dissociability between processes that enact retrieval and the processes that produce conscious experience. We propose that retrieval and conscious experience result from different processes in both...

Continuous flash suppression: Known and unknowns.

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review December 1, 2020 Ali Pournaghdali, Bennett L Schwartz

Studies utilizing continuous flash suppression (CFS) provide valuable information regarding conscious and nonconscious perception. There are, however, crucial unanswered questions regarding the mechanisms of suppression and the level of visual processing in the absence of consciousness with CFS. Research suggests that the answers to these questions depend on the experimental configuration and...

DOI: 10.3758/s13423-020-01771-2 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Continuous flash suppression Nonconscious perception Visual consciousness

Conservative Criterion Explains The Non-Conscious Perception of Facial Expression Under Continuous Flash Suppression

Journal of Vision September 1, 2018 Ali Pournaghdali, Bennett L Schwartz

A main question in the scientific study of conscious perception is the nature of the dissociation between conscious and non-conscious perception. That is, it is crucial to use bias-free measures to evaluate perceptual sensitivity and response criterion of participants in the conscious and non-conscious tasks to evaluate this dissociation. The aim of this study is to evaluate sensitivity and...