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Via recurrent loops, the mammalian PI is connected to the cortex, and the cortex adds input to the mammalian PI.
“Merker [16,39,84] has emphasized subcortical structures in the mammalian brain PI, but via these recurrent loops the PI is connected to the cortex, and the cortex adds input to the mammalian PI.”
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“Merker [16,39,84] recognized a version of a PI instantiated by subcortical structures in the mammalian brain.”
- Authors
- Merker, B.
- Corresponding author
- Merker, Bjorn
- ORCID
- Merker, Bjorn
- Venue
- The Unity of Mind, Brain and World
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- Cambridge University Press
- Published
- 2013-09-12
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- 7-42
- OpenAlex
- W2480966503
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- 13
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- 106
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
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- book chapter
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- en
- Open access
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- Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
- Keywords
- world, phenomenal content, brain, phenomenology, perception
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