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The world as an inside working memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2005

Naoyuki Osaka*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Kyoto University, Kyoto606-8317, Japanhttp://psy.bun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/osaka/

Abstract:

O'Regan & Noë's (O&N's) theoretical framework for studying visual perception and awareness is intriguing. This framework, based on sensorimotor contingency, can be examined in recent visual brain theories using neuroimaging methodologies. Here, I consider how a working memory (WM) system explains the sensorimotor account of visual consciousness. I believe WM inside the brain provides at least partial support for O&N's theory.

Type
Continuing Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

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Footnotes

Commentary onO'Regan & Noë (2001). A sensorimotor account of vision and visual consciousness. BBS 24(5):939–1031.