?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+theory+of+the+organism-environment+system%3A+III.+Role+of+efferent+influences+on+receptors+in+the+formation+of+knowledge.&rft.creator=Jarvilehto%2C+Timo&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Behavioral+Biology&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Complexity+Theory&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Machine+Vision&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Modelling&rft.subject=Neurophysiology&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.subject=Physiological+Psychology&rft.subject=Psychophysics&rft.description=The+present+article+is+an+attempt+to+give+-+in+the+frame+of+the+theory+of+the+organism-environment+system+(Jarvilehto+1998a)+-+a+new+interpretation+to+the+role+of+efferent+influences+on+receptor+activity+and+to+the+functions+of+senses+in+the+formation+of+knowledge.+It+is+argued%2C+on+the+basis+of+experimental+evidence+and+theoretical+considerations%2C+that+the+senses+are+not+transmitters+of+environmental+information%2C+but+they+create+a+direct+connection+between+the+organism+and+the+environment%2C+which+makes+the+development+of+a+dynamic+living+system%2C+the+organism-environment+system%2C+possible.+In+this+connection+process+the+efferent+influences+on+receptor+activity+are+of+particular+significance%2C+because+with+their+help+the+receptors+may+be+adjusted+in+relation+to+the+parts+of+the+environment+which+are+most+important+in+the+achievement+of+behavioral+results.+Perception+is+the+process+of+joining+of+new+parts+of+the+environment+to+the+organism-environment+system%3B+thus%2C+the+formation+of+knowledge+by+perception+is+based+on+reorganization+(widening+and+differentiation)+of+the+organism-environment+system%2C+and+not+on+transmission+of+information+from+the+environment.+With+the+help+of+the+efferent+influences+on+receptors+each+organism+creates+its+own+peculiar+world+which+is+simultaneously+subjective+and+objective.+The+present+considerations+have+far+reaching+influences+as+well+on+experimental+work+in+neurophysiology+and+psychology+of+perception+as+on+philosophical+considerations+of+knowledge+formation.&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F139%2F1%2Fart3.htm&rft.identifier=++Jarvilehto%2C+Timo++(1999)+The+theory+of+the+organism-environment+system%3A+III.+Role+of+efferent+influences+on+receptors+in+the+formation+of+knowledge.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F139%2F