I discuss an argument for non-conceptualism based on animal and infant perception. Crudely put, some animals and infants who possess no concepts nonetheless have perceptual states with non-conceptual content. Perceptual experiences of adult humans have the same kind of content as the experiences of animals and infants, so the content of the perceptual experiences of adult humans is also non-con...

This study investigated the effects on perceptual and motor decisions of low-contrast distractors, presented 5° on the left and/or the right of the fixation point. Perceptual decisions were assessed with a Yes/No (distractor) detection task. Motor decisions were assessed via these distractors’ effects on the trajectory of an impending saccade to a distinct imperative stimulus, presented 10° abo...

Abstract: Perceptual learning has classically been described as an improvement in sensitivity to a trained stimulus in a particular location in the visual field. However, the specificity of traditional perceptual learning makes it difficult to ascertain its relevance to real-world instances of perceptual expertise. Although more recent work has investigated the ability of perceptual learning to...

This study investigated the effects on perceptual and motor decisions of low-contrast distractors, presented 5 degrees on the left and/or the right of the fixation point. Perceptual decisions were assessed with a yes/no (distractor) detection task. Motor decisions were assessed via these distractors' effects on the trajectory of an impending saccade to a distinct imperative stimulus, presented ...