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Philosophy of Mind & Neuroscience
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David Chalmers: Spatial Experience and Virtual Reality
David Chalmers: Spatial Experience and Virtual Reality
ABSTRACT Do virtual reality devices such as the Oculus Rift produce the illusion of an external reality? Or do they produce non-illusory experiences of a virtual reality? I address this question by starting with an analogous question about mirrors. When one looks in a mirror, does one undergo the illusion that there is someone on […]
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Hugo Critchley: Interoception, Emotion and Self: How the Heart Gates Feelings and Perceptions
Hugo Critchley: Interoception, Emotion and Self: How the Heart Gates Feelings and Perceptions
ABSTRACT Information concerning the internal state of the body is arguably the basis for emotional feelings and may serve as the primary reference for the development of self-representation underpinning many aspects of consciousness. The combination of functional and structural neuroimaging, autonomic psychophysiology and patient studies has provided valuable insight into the brain mechanisms though which […]