PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Simulation Hypothesis, Qualia, Prefrontal Cortex
12 Nov 2018
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Inner private experiences we have (experience pain, process colour red) Example of tracy (can see many shades of red): even if someone else has this transfer of viewing colours, that person will be able to only experience but not explain. Try to infer from facial expressions what is the person feeling. Depiction of the position of sciences in relation to each other. All kinds of faculties interact arts and natural sciences n same level to understand nature. Golden achievement centre of graph (represented by monkey) Deepest understanding of nature is to mimic it. Edgar allan poe: observe his own expression when he reads a description of another person. Percept represented inside sensorimotor simulation mimicry/mirroring partial activation of emotion system adaptive behavioural response inferred emotion state prior knowledge and beliefs. Impossible to understand how someone is feeling just by looking it (because we need an inner state) facial expressions reflect qualia.
