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abstract: 'Under the assumption that nervous systems form a distinct category among the objects in Nature, applying metaphors of psychological and behavioral science disciplines is flawed and invites confusion. Moreover, such practices obscure and detract from the primary task of Neurophysiology: to investigate the intrinsic properties of nervous systems, uncontaminated with concepts borrowed from other disciplines. A comprehensive fundamental theory of nervous systems is expected to have the character of high dimensional nonlinear systems in which state space transitions, set in motion by external influences, self-organize to dynamic state space configuration with consequences for behavior'
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attractors, brain state space, cognitive neurophysiology,
conditioned motor behavior, naturalism, metaphor
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the paper is located at:
http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~werner/siren_call.pdf
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publication: Journal of Integrative Neuroscience
publisher: World Scientific
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referencetext: Walter Freeman
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- cog-psy
- phil-mind
- neuro-physio
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- behav-neuro-sci
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title: 'Siren call of Metaphor: subverting the proper task of System Neuroscience'
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