Dr. Volker Thoma's research topics are on fast and automatic (versus slow and controlled) mental processes in visual attention, object recognition, face processing, implicit memory, decision making, human factors, and behavior change. He is using behavioral and neuroimaging techniques (EEG, fMRI, eye-tracking, tCS).
How the human brain can register information without conscious attention
Sep 28, 2016 16:38 pm UTC| Health
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