Biology & Philosophy

, Volume 28, Issue 6, pp 1029–1038 | Cite as

Jan Lauwereyns: Brain and the Gaze: on the active boundaries of vision

MIT Press, 2012, 312 pp, Hardcover, $40.00, 7 × 9 in, 49 b&w illus, ISBN: 9780262017916
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Keywords

Perceptual Experience Visual Working Memory Mirror Neuron System Perceptual Awareness Intensive Approach 
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Acknowledgments

I would like to express my appreciation to the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders (CCD) and to Macquarie University for generously financing my research. A special thanks goes to John Sutton for his invaluable support through my doctoral studies and for his challenging and stimulating feedback on earlier drafts of this critical notice. Thanks also to Kim Sterelny for helping out. I am of course solely responsible for any mistakes or misrepresentations.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Cognitive Science, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Australian Hearing HubMacquarie UniversitySydneyAustralia

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