DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x25102902 ISSN: 0140-525X
Too slow to see? Conscious vision and real-time behavior
Valtteri Arstila, Henry RailoAbstract
We challenge Fleming and Michel’s claim that conscious vision is too slow for real-time action. Correlative and functional evidence suggest that conscious perception can emerge around 200 ms post-stimulus and guide behavior. Due to their reliance on rare postdiction effects and assumptions about unconscious vision, they underestimate the speed of conscious vision and overestimate the functional relevance of unconscious vision.