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Perception, as you make it.

David W Vinson1, Drew H Abney1, Dima Amso2

  • 1Cognitive and Information Sciences,University of California,Merced,Merced,CA 95340dvinson@ucmerced.edudabney@ucmerced.edurdale@ucmerced.eduspivey@ucmerced.edu.

The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|March 31, 2017
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This study challenges the idea that visual perception is independent of other cognitive functions. It argues that context and internal states influence how we see the world.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Neuroscience
  • Philosophy of Mind

Background:

  • The debate on whether visual perception is context-free or influenced by internal cognitive states is ongoing.
  • Firestone & Scholl (F&S) propose that visual perception operates independently of thought, knowledge, desire, and action.
  • This perspective treats visual perception as a decontextualized process.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the assumptions and intuitive appeals made by Firestone & Scholl (F&S).
  • To synthesize interdisciplinary concerns regarding the context-free treatment of visual perception.
  • To challenge the functional independence of visual perception from other cognitive processes.

Main Methods:

  • Interdisciplinary synthesis of coauthor concerns.

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  • Critical analysis of F&S's assumptions and arguments.
  • Review of existing literature on perception and cognition.

    • Main Results:

    • Identification of significant concerns with F&S's premise of context-free visual perception.
    • Demonstration of the interconnectedness between visual perception and other cognitive functions.
    • Highlighting the limitations of treating perception in isolation from internal states and context.

    Conclusions:

    • Visual perception is not functionally independent of thought, knowledge, desire, and action.
    • Context and internal cognitive states play a crucial role in shaping visual experience.
    • F&S's model of decontextualized perception is insufficient to explain the complexities of human vision.