Reply to A Lucas and SA Abrams

Reply to Willi Semmler's and Lucas Bernard's Comments

On several of the arguments put forward in the above “Comments . . .”, I feel in agreement with Semmler and Bernard. But we probably do not share exactly the same point of view on a couple of questions. The quality of their “Comments . . .” appears precisely because distinguishing between these two categories of issues can be accomplished without any ambiguity. I take up the 5 points above succ...

The dynamic events that capture visual attention: A reply to Abrams and Christ (2005).

We recently demonstrated that, contrary to previous findings, some types of irrelevant motion are capable of capturing our attention (Franconeri & Simons, 2003). Strikingly, whereas sitmulated looming (a dynamic increase in object size) captured attention, simulated receding (a decrease in object size) did not. Abrams and Christ (2003, 2005) have provided a different interpretation of this evid...

How ‘ ‘ semantic ’ ’ is response priming restricted to practiced items ? A reply to Abrams & Grinspan ( 2007 ) q

Abrams and Grinspan (2007) provide some of the best evidence so far for the existence of unconscious perception. Indeed, they show that priming is still reliable even when partial awareness is impossible, that is when subjects cannot be conscious even of fragments of the prime. This demonstration adds to the growing body of work that provides evidence for the genuine existence of subliminal inf...

a comparison of teachers and supervisors, with respect to teacher efficacy and reflection

supervisors play an undeniable role in training teachers, before starting their professional experience by preparing them, at the initial years of their teaching by checking their work within the proper framework, and later on during their teaching by assessing their progress. but surprisingly, exploring their attributes, professional demands, and qualifications has remained a neglected theme i...

A Problem in Avicennas View on the Origination of the Soul and a Reply to It