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Andrew Haun

2 papers in the library · 255 citations · publishing 2017-2019

Papers

Why Does Space Feel the Way it Does? Towards a Principled Account of Spatial Experience

Entropy November 27, 2019 Andrew Haun, Giulio Tononi 158 citations

Experience feels the way it does for a reason, and spatial experience offers a promising starting point for investigation because it is more accessible to introspection than qualities like color or pain. Much of experience is spatial, from bodily sensations to the visual world, which appears as an extended canvas. To feel extended, this canvas must consist of countless spots related through connection, fusion, and inclusion, with each spot having a location, size, boundary, and distance from others. The authors propose an account based on integrated information theory (IIT), showing that a simulated grid-like network of units yields a cause-effect structure that explains main properties of spatial experience. This suggests spatial experience is supported by brain areas with grid-like connectivity, and changes in connectivity should warp experienced space.

DOI: 10.3390/e21121160 Space punctuation Consciousness Introspection Computer science +9

Are we underestimating the richness of visual experience?

Neuroscience of Consciousness January 1, 2017 Andrew Haun, Giulio Tononi, Christof Koch et al. 97 citations

Some researchers claim that perceptual experience is impoverished—that people perceive and remember very little visual information. However, the evidence indicates that this view is mistaken and that visual phenomenology is actually immensely rich. To accurately assess perceptual content, experiments should go beyond simple binary forced-choice tasks and instead analyze broader reports of experience. Adopting such methods will reveal the genuine richness of experience and its underlying neural basis.

DOI: 10.1093/nc/niw023 Full text Perception Species richness Experiential learning Cognitive psychology +6