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What draws the line between perception and cognition?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Martin Rolfs  and
Michael Dambacher
Martin Rolfs
Affiliation:
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience & Department of Psychology, Humboldt University of Berlin, 10099 Berlin, Germany. martin.rolfs@hu-berlin.de http://www.rolfslab.de/
Michael Dambacher
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany. michael.dambacher@uni-konstanz.de https://scikon.uni-konstanz.de/personen/michael.dambacher/
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Abstract

The investigation of top-down effects on perception requires a rigorous definition of what qualifies as perceptual to begin with. Whereas Firestone & Scholl's (F&S's) phenomenological demarcation of perception from cognition appeals to intuition, we argue that the dividing line is best attained at the functional level. We exemplify how this approach facilitates scrutinizing putative interactions between judging and perceiving.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e257
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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