Smythies John
Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Perception. 2009;38(5):638-51. doi: 10.1068/p6025.
This paper presents the results of some recent experiments in neuroscience and perceptual science that reveal the role of virtual reality in normal visual perception, and the use of television technology by the visual brain. This involves particularly the cholinergic system in the forebrain. This research throws new light on the nature of perception and the relation of phenomenal consciousness and its brain. It is directly relevant to criticisms by certain analytical philosophers of aspects of neuroscience relating to these matters. Particular attention is paid to their support for Naive Realism.
本文介绍了神经科学和感知科学领域近期的一些实验结果，这些结果揭示了虚拟现实在正常视觉感知中的作用，以及视觉大脑对电视技术的运用。这尤其涉及前脑的胆碱能系统。这项研究为感知的本质以及现象意识与其大脑的关系带来了新的启示。它与某些分析哲学家对神经科学中与这些问题相关方面的批评直接相关。特别关注了他们对朴素实在论的支持。
