IS THE HOMUNCULUS IDENTIFIED?

• Authors: Necka E.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Higher-order functions of cognitive control are not dealt with properly by contemporary psychologists. All to often, the mysterious 'little man', or homunculus, is implicitly referred to when speaking about the mechanisms of cognitive control. For instance, control is switched on or off, but by whom? The thesis of this short note is to suggest that attention is the mechanism that plays a role implicitly ascribed to the homunculus. So, the studies of attention, with their many theories and sophisticated experimental paradigms, may be insightful for our understanding of the controlling functions of mind.

Keywords

EN

ATTENTION

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee on Psychological Sciences PAS, Warsaw School of Social Psychology
• Journal: Psychological Studies
• Year: 2004
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-10
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Necka E.

• E. Necka, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Psychologii, ul. Golebia 13, 31-007 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

05PLAAAA0028647