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With either separate or integrated arrays of senses, perception may not be direct

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2001

Anatol G. Feldman  and
Francis G. Lestienne
Anatol G. Feldman
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Neurological Science Research Center, University of Montreal, Institute for Rehabilitation of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3S 2J4 feldman@med.umontreal.ca www.crosswinds.net/~afeldman
Francis G. Lestienne
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche en Activités Physiques et Sportives Université; de Caen Basse-Normandie, UPRES EA 2131, UFR, STAPS, 14000 Caen, Cedex, Francelestienne@sraps.unicaen.fr
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Abstract

The information required for perception may be available in the energy arrays that stimulate sensory organs but in a form not directly suitable for the planning and execution of the organism's actions in the environment. The requisite form of information is obtained, with no loss of adequate perception, by representation of sensory stimuli in frames of reference determined by internal control signals producing actions. This process seems evolutionarily advantageous but makes perception essentially non-direct, regardless of the degree of intra- or inter-modal sensory integration.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2001 , pp. 220 - 221
Copyright
© 2001 Cambridge University Press

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