Modelling the simultaneous encoding/serial experience theory of the perceptual moment: a blink of meta-experience.

ABSTRACT: One way to understand a system is to explore how its behaviour degrades when it is overloaded. This approach can be applied to understanding conscious perception by presenting stimuli in rapid succession in the 'same' perceptual event/moment. In previous work, we have identified a striking dissociation during the perceptual moment, between what is encoded into working memory [Lag-1 sparing in the attentional blink (AB)] and what is consciously perceived (Lag-1 impairing in the experiential blink). This paper links this dissociation to what, taking inspiration from the metacognition literature, could be called meta-experience; i.e. how the ability to track and comment on one's visual experience with subjectivity ratings reflects objective performance. Specifically, we provide evidence that

SUBMITTER: Bowman H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8889941 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature