Continuous interactions between respiration and cortical rhythms influence how individuals adaptively perceive their environment. However, the intricate relationship among respiration, cortical rhythms, and perceptual function remains elusive. Breathing is a flexible process that can be partially voluntarily controlled. This study leveraged this unique characteristic to probe how...
An important issue facing the empirical study of consciousness concerns how the contents of incoming stimuli gain access to conscious processing. According to classic theories, facial stimuli are processed in a hierarchical manner. However, it remains unclear how the brain determines which level of stimulus content is consciously accessible when facing an incoming facial stimulus. Accordingly,...