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| Title |
Perception and Reality: Why a Wholly Empirical Paradigm is Needed to Understand Vision
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00156 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Dale Purves, Yaniv Morgenstern, William T. Wojtach |
| Abstract |
A central puzzle in vision science is how perceptions that are routinely at odds with physical measurements of real world properties can arise from neural responses that nonetheless lead to effective behaviors. Here we argue that the solution depends on: (1) rejecting the assumption that the goal of vision is to recover, however imperfectly, properties of the world; and (2) replacing it with a paradigm in which perceptions reflect biological utility based on past experience rather than objective features of the environment. Present evidence is consistent with the conclusion that conceiving vision in wholly empirical terms provides a plausible way to understand what we see and why. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 33 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 27% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 6% |
| Greece | 1 | 3% |
| Romania | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Italy | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Turkey | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Unknown | 11 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 70% |
| Scientists | 7 | 21% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 82 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 78 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 26% |
| Researcher | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 12% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 11 | 13% |
| Unknown | 14 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 21 | 26% |
| Neuroscience | 12 | 15% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 11% |
| Linguistics | 4 | 5% |
| Engineering | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 15% |
| Unknown | 21 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 February 2022.
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#128
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