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our brains, often draw upon the 'neural correlates' that underpin such assertions. And yet, neuroscience, too, is a | our brains, often draw upon the 'neural correlates' that underpin such assertions. And yet, neuroscience, too, is a | ||
contested area and nowehere more so than in the way it configures perception in living beings.< | contested area and nowehere more so than in the way it configures perception in living beings. Read on for the full text of this [[Overview]]<br> | ||
=== Nervous perception: === | === Nervous perception: === | ||
Links to major articles in neuroscience and philsophy on enactive perception[[Image:NeurologyperceptionCover1.jpg|right|318x450px|NeurologyperceptionCover1.jpg]] | Links to major articles in neuroscience and philsophy on enactive perception[[Image:NeurologyperceptionCover1.jpg|right|318x450px|NeurologyperceptionCover1.jpg]] | ||
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What's in this collection:
Neuro-perception: what's at stake in perceiving the neural?
This is an overview of the roles and functions attributed to sensory and motor experience by the neurosciences, with
a special emphasis on the emergence of the 'enactive perception' approach. I try to show why its important now to engage
crticially with neuroscientific debates in this area for nonscientists; that is for people especially connected to and engaged
with making and analysing contemporary media cultures. Current claims that 'screen media' or 'the internet' are damaging
our brains, often draw upon the 'neural correlates' that underpin such assertions. And yet, neuroscience, too, is a
contested area and nowehere more so than in the way it configures perception in living beings. Read on for the full text of this Overview
Nervous perception:
Links to major articles in neuroscience and philsophy on enactive perception
