Consciously detecting and recognizing a past visual word after its sensory trace is gone
Daphné Rimsky-Robert, Matteo Lisi, Kévin Nguy, Roxane Jannin, Thomas Hardy, Nathan Beraud, Claire Sergent
The paper tests whether conscious perception can occur without sensory input by using masked words and auditory cues, finding that semantic awareness can occur without visual features.
Communications Psychology · Jun 9, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience