On the fundamental nature of perception |
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Authors: | Kenneth H Norwich |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The process of recognition or isolation of one or several entities from among many possible entities is termed intellego perception. It is shown that not only are many of our everyday percepts of this type, but perception of microscopic events using the methods of quantum mechanics are also intellego in nature. Information theory seems to be a natural language in which to express perceptual activity of this type. It is argued that the biological organism quantifies its sensations using an information theoretical measure. This, in turn, sets the stage for a mathematical theory of sensory perception. |
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Keywords: | sensory perception information theory perceptual theory |
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