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#903 Luis Favela - The Ecological Brain: Unifying the Sciences of Brain, Body, and Environment

The Dissenter

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Exploring the Intersection of Neuroscience and Ecological Psychology

The chapter delves into the historical development and fundamental divide between neuroscience and ecological psychology, discussing contrasting views on cognition and perception, Computational models in neuroscience are compared with dynamical systems approaches in cognitive sciences, and the emergence of ecological neuroscience is explored to bridge the gap between these disciplines. The neural ecological nexus theory framework is introduced, presenting testable hypotheses on the interactions between the brain, body, and environment.

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