Tag: perception
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the sensing of a sensation
In one of our conversations post movement (on 2 February 2024) I ask Katye: Are we expressing sensation? Can you talk more about sensation and movement? You say “sensation then movement”. What is this thing called “sensation”? I then wonder out loud if sensation is different from sensing. Once Katye and I have worked through…
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interpretations of sensory signals
Anil Seth is a cognitive neuroscientist who thinks and writes about consciousness. He is known for describing perception as a form of controlled hallucination. The third and most important ingredient in the controlled hallucination view is the claim that perceptual experience – in this case the subjective experience of ‘seeing a coffee cup’ – is…