the brain processes visual information in stages. Early stages involve basic features such as shape and colour, while later stages combine this information into a meaningful percept.

Brain imaging studies show that masked images can still activate early visual areas. However, they often fail to reach later stages required for conscious awareness. This has led to the idea that awareness depends on signals becoming strong enough to spread across different areas of the brain.

More recent research has continued to explore how quickly

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