tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post2315934066150945906..comments2008-05-20T10:20:40.499-05:00Derichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-13685434103307712682008-05-20T10:20:00.000-05:002008-05-20T10:20:00.000-05:00Churchland's comment covers your point. Of course V1 is dedicated largely to vision, but it also links to, and can be activated by or send information to, virtually any other part of the brain. The argument is against autonomous modules.Derichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-16639019124792192892008-05-20T10:16:00.000-05:002008-05-20T10:16:00.000-05:00<I>It is a reminder that seeing scans with highlighted (usually in red) areas where your brain “lights up” when thinking about X (money, sex, God, and so on) should not seduce us into buying the Swiss Army knife model of the brain, with specialized modules for vision, language, facial recognition, cheating detection, risk taking, spirituality and even God.</I><BR/><BR/>So it's a fallacy to regard area V1 as a "specialized module" for vision?derekjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02776917750757825408noreply@blogger.com