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I don’t see, but I recognize – how the brain recognizes faces without consciousness

During each moment, a vast amount of different stimuli reach our senses – sounds, sensations, and objects in the field of view. Since the capacity of our attention is limited, we only processes a small fraction of them. So what happens to the stimuli that reaches our senses, but do not get access to our consciousness?  Can they influence our behavior without our knowledge and control?   Research currently being carried out at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, PAS aims ...