Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and…

Every act of perception, is to some degree an act of creation, and every act of memory is to some degree an act of imagination.

Gerald M. Edelman

2000

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Perception Observation Creation Memory Imagination

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Scientific literature

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2000

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Gerald M. Edelman

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Edelman, Sam and Giulio Tononi. A Universe of Consciousness: How Matter Becomes Imagination. Basic Books, 2000.

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