Expectation both helps and hinders object perception

Expectation both helps and hinders object perception

We examined how expectation influences perception of complex objects. Participants discriminated between normal and distorted images of famous faces or places. Word cues (mostly valid) indicated either the general category or the exact identity of the upcoming image pair. Whereas category cues did not affect performance, valid exemplar expectation led to performance benefits. Furthermore, discr...

Action Preparation Helps and Hinders Perception of Action

Several theories of the mechanisms linking perception and action require that the links are bidirectional, but there is a lack of consensus on the effects that action has on perception. We investigated this by measuring visual event-related brain potentials to observed hand actions while participants prepared responses that were spatially compatible (e.g., both were on the left side of the body...

Journal of Educational Psychology Feedback Both Helps and Hinders Learning: The Causal Role of Prior Knowledge

Expectation and the perception of color.

Maximizing Community Voices to Address Health Inequities: How the Law Hinders and Helps.

This paper highlights the need to apply an equity lens when assessing the impact of preemption and related legal doctrines on community health. Community autonomy to set and pursue public health priorities is an essential part of achieving health equity. Unfortunately, the priorities of organized industry interest groups often conflict with health equity goals. These groups have a history of su...