Perception is iconic, perceptual working memory is discursive.
Ned BlockPublished in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2023)
The evidence that the target article cites for language-of-thought (LoT) structure in perceptual object representations concerns perceptual working memory, not perception. Perception is iconic, not structured like an LoT. Perceptual working memory representations contain the remnants of iconic perceptual representations, often recoded, in a discursive envelope.