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Shape tasting: A comparative evaluation of crossmodal correspondence in wine tasting 形状品鉴：葡萄酒品鉴中跨模式对应的比较评价。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104023

Max Opitz , Nicolette Sutherland , Enriqueta Canseco-Gonzalez , Greg Jensen , Patrick Reuter , Michael Pitts

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Top-down and bottom-up attentional responses to manipulations of perceptual organization in a complex visual Image: A flicker task study using a medieval mosaic as a case study 复杂视觉图像中知觉组织操纵的自上而下和自下而上注意反应：以中世纪马赛克为例的闪烁任务研究。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104020

Vanja Martini , Giuseppe Forte , Francesca Favieri , Ilaria Corbo , Enrico Di Pace , Marco Iosa , Maria Casagrande

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New approaches to subliminal perception: exploring the unconscious perception of masked primes with Bayesian regression models and General Recognition Theory (GRT) 阈下知觉的新途径：利用贝叶斯回归模型和一般识别理论探讨隐性启动的无意识知觉。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104018

Mikel Jimenez , Christian Andrade , José Antonio Hinojosa , Pedro R. Montoro , Antonio Prieto

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Eye movements reflect thought patterns while listening to literary narratives 在听文学叙事时，眼球运动反映了思维模式。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104031

Diane Mézière , Johanna K. Kaakinen , Jarkko Lehtola , Karin Kukkonen , Jonathan Smallwood , Jaana Simola

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Operationalizing near‑death experiences: Stability of the NDE Rasch hierarchy over two decades 濒死体验的操作化：近二十年来濒死体验层级的稳定性。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2025.103979

Marieta Pehlivanova , Rense Lange , Bruce Greyson , James Houran

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Mental control and effort differ across different kinds of mental action 精神控制和精神努力在不同类型的精神活动中有所不同。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.103996

Kristina Krasich , Samuel Murray , Anna Ghelfi , Felipe De Brigard , Joshua Shepherd

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Comparing semantic-to-autobiographical memory priming to reminiscence priming on an involuntary memory task 语义-自传式记忆启动与回忆启动在非自愿记忆任务中的比较。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104000

John H. Mace, Hope E. Aaron

{"title":"Comparing semantic-to-autobiographical memory priming to reminiscence priming on an involuntary memory task","authors":"John H. Mace, Hope E. Aaron","doi":"10.1016/j.concog.2026.104000","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.concog.2026.104000","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Reminiscence priming (priming from recall of the past) and semantic-to-autobiographical memory priming (priming from general information processing) have been shown to prime involuntary autobiographical memory production in the laboratory and everyday life. As these priming phenomena involve overt (reminiscence priming) or covert (semantic-to-autobiographical priming) autobiographical memory activations, questions naturally arise about which one would lead to stronger involuntary memory production. For various reasons, we hypothesized that despite this difference, both priming phenomena will lead to equivalent involuntary memory production. We tested this hypothesis by comparing reminiscence priming to semantic-to-autobiographical priming on the vigilance task (an involuntary memory task). Participants recalled memories from their past (the autobiographical group) or rated words on the familiarity of their meaning (the semantic group) and were then engaged in the vigilance task, where in between detecting the presence of vertical lines on numerous different slides, they were to report the experience of spontaneous thoughts or memories. The results showed that both groups produced equivalent primed involuntary memory production on the vigilance task. We argue that the results suggest that each of these priming phenomena have an equal likelihood of causing involuntary memory production in everyday life, and that covert memory activations can be as strong or overt activations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51358,"journal":{"name":"Consciousness and Cognition","volume":"139 ","pages":"Article 104000"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146127422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Facilitating unusual bodily experiences and out-of-body experiences across wakefulness and sleep: A high-density EEG and neurophenomenology study 在清醒和睡眠期间促进不寻常的身体体验和灵魂出窍体验：高密度脑电图和神经现象学研究。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104002

Teresa Campillo-Ferrer , Antonella Iadarola , Ramona Cordani , Marco Veneruso , Çağatay Demirel , Lino Nobili , Robert Oostenveld

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Psychological induction of interoceptive states 内感受状态的心理诱导

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.104015

Richard J. Stevenson

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The power of tactile imagery: parallels between imagined and physical CT-optimal touch in pleasantness and velocity 触觉意象的力量：在愉悦和速度上，想象和物理ct最佳触摸之间的相似之处。

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Consciousness and Cognition Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2026.103999

Renee Lustenhouwer, Larissa Lauren Meijer

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