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Investigating the reversed congruency effect of gaze through the lens of joint attention 通过联合注意的视角研究凝视的反向一致性效应。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104101

Anna Lorenzoni, Mario Dalmaso

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Report-modulated prefrontal activity and consistent posterior representations during conscious visual perception 在有意识的视觉知觉中，报告调节的前额叶活动和一致的后验表征。

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104075

Liang He , Zhige Zhang , Yuetan Wang , Qiujian Meng , Yuying Jiang , Wei Xu , Jiangfen Wu , Jingwei Sheng , Zheng Ye , Xiaobin Ding

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Fragile memories for fleeting percepts 短暂的感知换来了脆弱的记忆。

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104073

Howard Bowman , Alberto Avilés

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Self-relevance dominates memory, whereas partner-relevance depends on retrieval goals: evidence from event-related potentials 自我关联主导记忆，而伙伴关联依赖于检索目标：来自事件相关电位的证据。

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-06-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104074

Kimiko Kato, Kazuhito Yoshizaki

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Unconscious semantic processing: Insights from metaphorical priming 无意识语义加工：隐喻启动的启示

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104035

Chiara Saponaro , Andrea Nadalini , Daniel Casasanto , Davide Crepaldi , Roberto Bottini

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The role of visual imagery and verbal coding in short-term memory conjunctive binding: evidence from aphantasia 视觉意象和语言编码在短时记忆中的作用：来自失忆症的证据。

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104036

Emma Delhaye , Pauline Fritz , Charlotte Martial , Christine Bastin

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Social mindfulness is associated with reduced self-bias: A computational approach 社会正念与减少自我偏见有关：一种计算方法

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104037

Marius Golubickis , Siobhan Caughey , Esther S. Selvaraj , Parnian Jalalian , Yadvi Sharma , Jessica Highflield , Rinki Kanakraj , C. Neil Macrae

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True or false: The effect of numerical magnitude on sense of agency 对或错：数字大小对代理感的影响

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104042

Ryuhei Yasuda, Kyoshiro Sasaki

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Method matters: Diverging patterns in online measures of temporal binding 方法问题：时间绑定在线测量的不同模式。

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104022

Crystal A. Silver , Benjamin W. Tatler , Ramakrishna Chakravarthi , Bert Timmermans

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On sensory similarities 关于感官相似性。

IF 2 3区心理学

Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104019

Charles Spence , Nicola Di Stefano

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