This paper proposes a version of the brain mechanism for emergence and formation of perceptual and mental images. The initial event of perceptual image emergence is the result of interaction on thalamic relay neurons between chaotic sensory impulse flow and also impulse flow organized in trains and coming from reticular structures. The subsequent step is the formation of a metastable dynamic association of excited allocortex columns. The role played by the functional association of allocortex columns and the intrafusal muscular reception in the activation of distributed brain systems and in the formation of a perceptual image is considered. This image is seen as a meta-stable state of synergistic processes in neuromuscular structures. The rationale for the imperceivableness of a perceptual image is given. It is assumed that a mental image is based on the perceived effects of Newtonian forces caused by muscle contractions. Properties of perceptual and mental images, their difference and conjugacy, and also the role of a mental image in interaction with conscious images are discussed.
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Image is a fundamental concept not only in psychology and neurophysiology, but also in the field of individual and mass consciousness. At present, we can say that three categories of images have outlined in cognitive activity: perceptual images, mental images, and images that constitute the content of consciousness. However, the problem on mechanisms of perceptual and psychological images formation remains unsolved.
The paper proposes a neural mechanism version for the perceptual image formation and its connection with mental image.
We regard a perceptual image as a meta-stable state of synergistic processes in neuromuscular structures. This image is a result of conjugate activity of sensory, motor, and vegetative systems. We consider a mental image as a perception of the force effects caused by the ensemble of working muscles.
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The COVID-19 management system is proposed; its challenges are formulated and analysed and solutions are considered;
The philosophical and methodological aspects of the geographical systems doctrine evolution are considered;
The version of the brain mechanism on perceptual and mental image formation is proposed;
A program for investigating the Lorenz attractor using special command libraries is created;
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- Старцев Вадим Валерьевич (ГЕНЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ДИРЕКТОР)
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