以视觉及其与多感官的交互为窗口，探究人类认知的基本原理、神经基础及可塑性机制。主要关注：
- 统计规律驱动的认知：人如何习得并利用时空环境中的统计规律，建立先验和预期，进而引导视觉注意、塑造知觉和意识体验？
- 进化意义驱动的认知：人是否对生命性/社会性/情绪性信息具有加工优势（知觉、注意、记忆等），及其在社会认知功能（正常/异常）中的作用？
- 节律驱动的认知与神经调控：自然与人类行为中的动态节律特征如何通过调控神经活动，塑造视觉认知？

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