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Perceptions as hypotheses of the outside world

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2002

Veijo Virsu and
Simo Vanni
Veijo Virsu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland veijo.virsu@helsinki.fi
Simo Vanni
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition, CNRS, Universite Paul Sabatier UMR 5549 133, 31062 Toulouse cedex, France vanni@cerco.ups-tlse.fr
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Abstract

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Perceptual phenomena reviewed by O'Regan & Noë (O&N) cannot be explained by bottom-up activity alone, but conventional interpretations suffice if perceptions are seen as activations of memory models of the outside world and its events. Motor involvement is necessary only during the phylogenetic and ontogenetic development of perceptual mechanisms.

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Type
Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 5 , October 2001, pp. 1009 - 1010
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press