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2nd December 2000

Why we see what we do

“A wholly empirical theory of visual perception: The fundamental problem in vision was stated at the beginning of the 18th C. by George Berkeley, who pointed out that the sources underlying visual stimuli are unknowable in any direct sense. …The central tenet of the theory of vision that has emerged from the work conducted in our laboratory is that this dilemma is solved by having proximal stimuli trigger reflex patterns (i.e., networks of neuronal activity) that have been shaped solely by the past consequences of visually guided behavior.”

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Filed in: Visual thinking

2nd December 2000

Why we see what we do

“A wholly empirical theory of visual perception: The fundamental problem in vision was stated at the beginning of the 18th C. by George Berkeley, who pointed out that the sources underlying visual stimuli are unknowable in any direct sense. …The central tenet of the theory of vision that has emerged from the work conducted in our laboratory is that this dilemma is solved by having proximal stimuli trigger reflex patterns (i.e., networks of neuronal activity) that have been shaped solely by the past consequences of visually guided behavior.”

Comments are closed.