A clash of Umwelts: Anthropomorphism in behavioral neuroscience.
Alex Gomez-MarinPublished in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2019)
Brains enjoy a bodily life. Therefore animals are subjects with a point of view. Yet, coding betrays an anthropomorphic bias: we can, therefore they must. Here I propose a reformulation of Brette's question that emphasizes organismic perception, cautioning for misinterpretations based on external ideal-observer accounts. Theoretical ethology allows computational neuroscience to understand brains from the perspective of their owners.
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