{"id":18294,"date":"2023-05-02T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/sensation-is-an-abstraction-not-a-replication-of-the-real-world-mountcastle-1975-discuss-the-above-statement-with-reference-to-relevant-neuroanatomy-and-neurophysiology\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T13:42:18","slug":"sensation-is-an-abstraction-not-a-replication-of-the-real-world-mountcastle-1975-discuss-the-above-statement-with-reference-to-relevant-neuroanatomy-and-neurophysiology","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/sensation-is-an-abstraction-not-a-replication-of-the-real-world-mountcastle-1975-discuss-the-above-statement-with-reference-to-relevant-neuroanatomy-and-neurophysiology\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sensation is an abstraction, not a replication, of the real world&#8221; Mountcastle (1975)  Discuss the above statement with reference to relevant neuroanatomy and neurophysiology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&#8220;Sensation is an abstraction, not a replication, of<br \/>\nthe real world&#8221; Mountcastle (1975) <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Discuss the above statement with reference to<br \/>\nrelevant neuroanatomy and neurophysiology<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The focus is<br \/>\nanatomy and physiology . Dont<br \/>\nover simplify descriptions too much, we want to go in depth where we can.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Take the reader on<br \/>\na journey from a stimulus to perception. Make sure the essay is coherent and<br \/>\ncovers relevant nuclei\/tracts\/brain regions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Rather than list<br \/>\ndifferent senses, take the reader through one sense and how it is processed,<br \/>\nbefore jumping onto another example&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Use journal articles<br \/>\nand books to support&nbsp; statements as much as possible.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Sensation is an abstraction, not a replication, of the real world&#8221; Mountcastle (1975) Discuss the above statement with reference to relevant neuroanatomy and neurophysiology The focus is anatomy and physiology . 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