APA Dictionary of Psychology

multiple drafts hypothesis

Updated on 04/19/2018
the theory that conscious perception occurs not in a specific location in the brain but rather through many approximations (drafts) of sensory input that are widely distributed over the sensory cortex. [proposed by U.S. philosopher Daniel C. Dennett (1942–  ) and Austrian-born U.S. neurologist Marcel Kinsbourne (1931–  )]
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