On the neural implausibility of the modular mind: Evidence for distributed construction dissolves boundaries between perception, cognition, and emotion

Leor M Hackel¹, Grace M Larson², Jeffrey D Bowen³, Gaven A Ehrlich⁴, Thomas C Mann⁵, Brianna Middlewood⁶, Ian D Roberts⁷, Julie Eyink⁸, Janell C Fetterolf⁹, Fausto Gonzalez¹⁰, Carlos O Garrido⁶, Jinhyung Kim¹¹, Thomas C O'Brien¹², Ellen E O'Malley¹³, Batja Mesquita¹⁴, Lisa Feldman Barrett¹⁵

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¹ Department of Psychology,New York University,New York,NY 10003.leor.hackel@nyu.edu.
² Department of Psychology,Northwestern University,Evanston,IL 60208.gracelarson2017@u.northwestern.edu.
³ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,University of California,Santa Barbara,Santa Barbara,CA 93106.bowen@psych.ucsb.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychology,Syracuse University,Syracuse,NY 13244.gaehrlic@syr.edu.
⁵ Department of Psychology,Cornell University,Ithaca,NY 14853.tcm79@cornell.edu.
⁶ Department of Psychology,Pennsylvania State University,University Park,PA 16801.blm266@psu.educarlosgarrido@psu.edu.
⁷ Department of Psychology,The Ohio State University,Columbus,OH 43210.roberts.1134@osu.edu.
⁸ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,Indiana University,Bloomington,IN 47405.jeyink@indiana.edu.
⁹ Department of Psychology,Rutgers University,Piscataway,NJ 08854.j.fetterolf@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology,University of California,Berkeley,Berkeley,CA 94720.fjgonzal@berkeley.edu.
¹¹ Department of Psychology,Texas A&M University,College Station,TX 77840.jhkim82@tamu.edu.
¹² Department of Psychology,University of Massachusetts,Amherst,Amherst,MA 01003.tcobrien@psych.umass.edu.
¹³ Department of Psychology,State University of New York,Albany,Albany,NY 12222.ellen.e.omalley@gmail.com.
¹⁴ Center for Social and Cultural Psychology,University of Leuven,B-3000 Leuven,Belgium.mesquita@psy.kuleuven.be.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology,Northeastern University,Boston,MA 02115.l.barrett@neu.edu.

PMID: 28355867
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X15002770

On the neural implausibility of the modular mind: Evidence for distributed construction dissolves boundaries between perception, cognition, and emotion

Leor M Hackel et al. Behav Brain Sci. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan:39:e246.

doi: 10.1017/S0140525X15002770.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology,New York University,New York,NY 10003.leor.hackel@nyu.edu.
² Department of Psychology,Northwestern University,Evanston,IL 60208.gracelarson2017@u.northwestern.edu.
³ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,University of California,Santa Barbara,Santa Barbara,CA 93106.bowen@psych.ucsb.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychology,Syracuse University,Syracuse,NY 13244.gaehrlic@syr.edu.
⁵ Department of Psychology,Cornell University,Ithaca,NY 14853.tcm79@cornell.edu.
⁶ Department of Psychology,Pennsylvania State University,University Park,PA 16801.blm266@psu.educarlosgarrido@psu.edu.
⁷ Department of Psychology,The Ohio State University,Columbus,OH 43210.roberts.1134@osu.edu.
⁸ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences,Indiana University,Bloomington,IN 47405.jeyink@indiana.edu.
⁹ Department of Psychology,Rutgers University,Piscataway,NJ 08854.j.fetterolf@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology,University of California,Berkeley,Berkeley,CA 94720.fjgonzal@berkeley.edu.
¹¹ Department of Psychology,Texas A&M University,College Station,TX 77840.jhkim82@tamu.edu.
¹² Department of Psychology,University of Massachusetts,Amherst,Amherst,MA 01003.tcobrien@psych.umass.edu.
¹³ Department of Psychology,State University of New York,Albany,Albany,NY 12222.ellen.e.omalley@gmail.com.
¹⁴ Center for Social and Cultural Psychology,University of Leuven,B-3000 Leuven,Belgium.mesquita@psy.kuleuven.be.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology,Northeastern University,Boston,MA 02115.l.barrett@neu.edu.

PMID: 28355867
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X15002770

Abstract

Firestone & Scholl (F&S) rely on three problematic assumptions about the mind (modularity, reflexiveness, and context-insensitivity) to argue cognition does not fundamentally influence perception. We highlight evidence indicating that perception, cognition, and emotion are constructed through overlapping, distributed brain networks characterized by top-down activity and context-sensitivity. This evidence undermines F&S's ability to generalize from case studies to the nature of perception.

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