Psychological refractory period
Two quick tasks can make the second response wait. What controls that queue when response demands and task priorities change?
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Visual stability across saccades
Each glance sweeps an image across the retina. How do prediction, masking and learned omission hide that sweep while leaving external motion visible?
Visual serial dependence
A judgment can lean toward what was seen or reported a moment ago. Which lingering process produces attraction rather than repulsion?
Learned distractor suppression
A bright irrelevant item first attracts the eyes, then becomes easier to ignore. Must attention visit it before suppression can be learned?
Spacing effect
Repeating a word later can help more than repeating it immediately. Which changes across the gap determine lasting verbal memory?
Retrieval-induced forgetting
Practicing some items can make related unpracticed items harder to recall. Is their access inhibited, or does the new retrieval context favor competitors?
Tip-of-the-tongue states
A known word feels close but will not come out. When does another retrieval attempt clear the block, and when does the same block return?
McGurk effect
Hearing “ba” while seeing lips form “ga” can sound like “da.” Does the brain average possible speech causes or select among them?
Mental rotation
Comparing turned objects often takes longer at larger angles. Do people rotate continuously, use discrete view changes, or recognize shape more directly?
Cuttlefish camouflage feedback
A cuttlefish can adjust its skin pattern through a meandering series of changes. What tells it whether the current pattern is getting closer to the background?