Tom Mcclelland

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Has anyone come across empirical or philosophical research on the possibility that we perceive second-order properties (i.e.properties of properties)?

Generally perception attributes first-order properties to objects e.g. being a specific shade of red. I'm interested in whether perception might attribute second-order properties to objects: e.g....

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Does object perception potentiate mental actions that can be performed on that object in the same way it potentiates bodily actions?

Seeing an object that affords grasping potentiates the motor pathways responsible for the bodily act of grasping. Are there any examples in which a stimulus potentiates the brain area responsible...

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