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Visual masking is a key paradigm in the investigation of perceptual consciousness, offering insight into the mechanisms and processes underlying conscious visual perception. Masking by four dots is particularly striking, as the brief presentation of four small dots interferes with target processing despite no overlap in space, and without the need for overlap in time. Models explaining this phenomenon include object substitution, which attri ...

Not all stimuli enter a state we refer to as a conscious percept. This transition from early sensory processing to a subjective experience, referred to as the gate to consciousness, has been extensively debated in the recent 20 years. However, the debate struggled with the role of attention as a gatekeeper. Both, attention and consciousness are not well defined at a more formal and precise level, which makes individual conclusions heavily de ...