Oh dear. This isn’t my field at all, and maybe I’m just doing a bad job of understanding their point, but this sounds completely bogus.
Really...the brain doesn’t create representations of visual stimuli or store memories? Under what possible definitions of those words can this statement be sensical?
Surely the author believes that visual stimuli cause measurable changes in brain state, and that people can indeed remember past visual stimuli. Then how is it true that brains don’t create representations of visual stimuli and store and retrieve them? I’m at a loss here.
Perhaps the author means that the brain doesn’t do these things in the same way as digital electronic computers we’re familiar with. That’s certainly the case at the most basic level.
Really...the brain doesn’t create representations of visual stimuli or store memories? Under what possible definitions of those words can this statement be sensical?
Surely the author believes that visual stimuli cause measurable changes in brain state, and that people can indeed remember past visual stimuli. Then how is it true that brains don’t create representations of visual stimuli and store and retrieve them? I’m at a loss here.
Perhaps the author means that the brain doesn’t do these things in the same way as digital electronic computers we’re familiar with. That’s certainly the case at the most basic level.