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The absence of representations causes inconsistencies in visual perception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2002

Jeroen B. J. Smeets
Affiliation:
Vakgroep Fysiologie, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands smeets@fys.fgg.eur.nl brenner@fys.fgg.eur.nl www.eur.nl/fgg/fys/people/smeets.htm
Eli Brenner
Affiliation:
Vakgroep Fysiologie, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands smeets@fys.fgg.eur.nl brenner@fys.fgg.eur.nl www.eur.nl/fgg/fys/people/smeets.htm
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Abstract

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In their target article, O'Regan & Noë (O&N) give convincing arguments for there being no elaborate internal representation of the outside world. We show two more categories of empirical results that can easily be understood within the view that the world serves as an outside memory that is probed only when specific information is needed.

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© 2001 Cambridge University Press