"Not everyone perceives the world through the same lens as I do." A fundamental insight from perceptual psychology is that individuals perceive things in their own distinct ways. A common example frequently discussed in "Sensation and Perception" courses is that even when presented with the same color "red," people perceive different colors, strictly speaking. This divergence, even in a basic attribute like color, serves as a reminder that we each possess unique perspectives — profoundly inspiring me to study perception.

 

This stems from the essence of "perception," where the brain subjectively and actively interprets the flux of sensory information conveyed through multiple sensory modalities. How does our perceptual system organize and interpret extensive amounts of information to construct a distinct and coherent perception of the world? I am delving into this question by combining psychophysics and neuroimaging methods and have a keen interest in four facets of the perceptual system:
 

1. Multisensory Integration: Investigating how interactions and integration occur among different sensory modalities (visual, auditory, tactile, etc.).

2. Top-Down Influences on Visual Perception: Exploring whether higher-level cognitive functions (attention, memory, learning, etc.) can impact perceptual processing, thereby potentially altering our perceptual experience of what we see and hear.

3. Predictive Processing in Perception: Exploring the perceptual system as a mechanism for generating and comparing predictive models of current sensory input, utilizing prior experiences and knowledge.

4. Visual Awareness: Exploring the factors influencing our subjective experience and consciousness of external stimuli, including the role of unconscious information processing and perceptual decision-making.

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