6-Psychology-Cognition-Perception-Theories

specificity theory

Specific receptors detect different skin sense qualities {specificity theory}, such as temperature, vibration, and deformation.

state-identity theory

The same mental function can always use same physiology {state-identity theory, perception} {type-identity theory, perception} [Churchland, 1979] [Churchland, 1986] [Churchland, 1988] [Churchland, 1995] [Churchland, 2002] [Farber and Churchland, 1995] [Pylyshyn, 1984].

utilitarian theory

Mind uses sense information and learned, rapid, ad hoc rules to perform appropriate action {utilitarian theory of perception} [Ramachandran and Blakeslee, 1998].

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