From Visual Perception to Consciousness
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Systems Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 1536
Special Issue Editor
Interests: visual illusions and paradoxes; psychophysics and experimental phenomenology of visual processes (spatial vision, motion perception, color vision, shape perception and perceptual meaning); perceptual organization; visual science of art; visual design
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Dear Colleagues,
The progression from vision to consciousness entails a cascade of complex neural processes that occur within the brain. A simplified overview of the sequence is provided below:
- Sensory input;
- Early visual processing;
- Feature integration;
- Object recognition;
- Attention and selection;
- Global processing and binding;
- Higher-level processing;
- Phenomenal consciousness and visual awareness.
The perceptual and cognitive mechanisms underlying the journey from vision to consciousness are still actively investigated and debated in scientific research. The complexity of consciousness and its relationship to the underlying cognitive and neural processes make it a challenging and ongoing area of investigation that spans disciplines such as psychology, cognitive neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.
The aim and scope of this Special Issue are as follows:
- To address the following questions: "How does consciousness emerge from visual perception?" and "How does consciousness influence vision?"
- To bring together scientists and scholars from different disciplines for multidisciplinary interactions, aiming to deepen the understanding of intrinsic problems, principles, phenomena, and illusions related to the transition from vision to consciousness.
- To stimulate the development of new insights, theories, and approaches that transcend the usual boundaries of scientific and cultural disciplines and provide new insights into existing mechanisms and processes.
All article types are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Baingio Pinna
Guest Editor
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