Consciousthoughtassimulationofactionandperception.pptVIP

Conscious Thought as Simulation of Action and Perception Problems of consciousness The simulation hypothesis David Hume (1711-76) Alexander Bain (1818-1903) Simulation of behaviour: covert, incipient behaviour Hierarchical organisation of action Simulation of perception:sensory reactivation Perceptual simulation MRI activity with external and imagined stimulus Classical ’Pavlovian’ conditioning Is the CS associated with the stimulus or with the response? Sensory preconditioning Anticipation:action-sensation associations Anticipation Simulation of behavioural chains Strong points of the simulation hypothesis Problems of consciousness References A previous version of the simulation hypothesis was presented in Hesslow G. (1994) Will neuroscience explain consciousness? J Theor Biol 171:29-39. Many of the critical ideas can be found in the behaviourist literature, for instance Bain A (1855, 1868) The Senses and the Intellect Skinner BF (1953) Science and Human Behavior. Macmillan, New York Skinner BF (1974) About Behaviorism. Knopf, New York Much of the empirical evidence for covert behaviour cited in the lecture can be found in Jeannerod M (1994) The representing brain: Neural correlates of motor intention and imagery. Behav Brain Sci 17: 187-245 Evidence for simulation of perception is reviewed in Kosslyn SM (1994) Image and Brain: The Resolution of the Imagery Debate. MIT Press, Cambridge Further details will be added to my website shortly www.mphy.lu.se/avd/nf/hesslow * Germund Hesslow Toward a Science of Consciousness Sk?vde 2001 How does the inner world arise? Notice that the problems are phrased in terms of ’the inner world’ rather than ’consciousness’. Although the inner world is a part of consciousness, some would hold that the latter also requires emotions, meanings, qualia etc. What are mental objects? What is the function of the inner world? Can animals and robots have inner worlds? 1) Simulation of behaviour We can simulate beha