We recently proposed the attention schema theory, a novel way to explain the brain basis of
subjective awareness in a mechanistic and scientifically testable manner. The theory begins …

The human temporoparietal junction (TPJ) is a topic of intense research. Imaging studies
have identified TPJ activation in association with many higher-order functions such as theory-of-…

The neural basis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is not yet understood. ASD is marked
by social deficits and is strongly associated with cerebellar abnormalities. We studied the …

A key aspect of human intelligence is the ability to infer abstract rules directly from high-dimensional
sensory data, and to do so given only a limited amount of training experience. Deep …

This study tested the possible relationship between reported visual awareness (“I see a
visual stimulus in front of me”) and the social attribution of awareness to someone else (“That …

As a part of social cognition, people automatically construct rich models of other people’s
vision. Here we show that when people judge the mechanical forces acting on an object, their …

The temporoparietal junction (TPJ) is activated in association with a large range of functions,
including social cognition, episodic memory retrieval, and attentional reorienting. An …

It is now well established that visual attention, as measured with standard spatial attention
tasks, and visual awareness, as measured by report, can be dissociated. It is possible to …

A central challenge for cognitive science is to explain how abstract concepts are acquired
from limited experience. This effort has often been framed in terms of a dichotomy between …

Previous studies show that it is possible to attend to a stimulus without awareness of it.
Whether attention and awareness are independent or have a specific relationship, however, …