Cordelia Erickson‐davi
Biographic Data
| ID | 206838 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cordelia Erickson‐davi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cordelia |
| FAMILY NAME | Erickson‐davi |
| SIGNATURE | DAVI C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stanford University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7694-820X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What it is to see
Visual prosthesis (VP) devices-devices that electrically stimulate the visual system with the goal of restoring vision to individuals who have lost it-are the literal construal of the orthodox theory of vision that holds that perception is an "indirect" process. In this theory, vision is an image- and sensation-based reconstructive process of representation: a type of information processing that is medium-independent. In this article, I draw on f…
The sense of presence
The sense of presence—or the sense of “being there”—is a poorly understood phenomenon, especially in the case of “unseen others,” e.g., God. We used the tools of virtual reality (VR) to explore the effects of active imagination in creating a sense of presence of an ambiguously real other. We found that adding a visual representation was more effective than verbal language alone in evoking a sense of social presence in a ten-minute intervention, t…
Experiencing presence
This essay brings literature in experimental psychology and visual perception into conversation with psychological anthropology to propose a new theory of presence. We examine data on Catholic nuns' experiences of God's presence, proposing that presence-indeed all perceptual consciousness-can be conceived of as the dynamic and ever-emerging interaction of a perceiver-environment system. By understanding presence as interactional, we shift away fr…
Experiencing presence
This essay brings literature in experimental psychology and visual perception into conversation with psychological anthropology to propose a new theory of presence. We examine data on Catholic nuns' experiences of God's presence, proposing that presence-indeed all perceptual consciousness-can be conceived of as the dynamic and ever-emerging interaction of a perceiver-environment system. By understanding presence as interactional, we shift away fr…
What it is to see
Visual prosthesis (VP) devices-devices that electrically stimulate the visual system with the goal of restoring vision to individuals who have lost it-are the literal construal of the orthodox theory of vision that holds that perception is an "indirect" process. In this theory, vision is an image- and sensation-based reconstructive process of representation: a type of information processing that is medium-independent. In this article, I draw on f…
Experiencing presence
This essay brings literature in experimental psychology and visual perception into conversation with psychological anthropology to propose a new theory of presence. We examine data on Catholic nuns' experiences of God's presence, proposing that presence-indeed all perceptual consciousness-can be conceived of as the dynamic and ever-emerging interaction of a perceiver-environment system. By understanding presence as interactional, we shift away fr…
The sense of presence
The sense of presence—or the sense of “being there”—is a poorly understood phenomenon, especially in the case of “unseen others,” e.g., God. We used the tools of virtual reality (VR) to explore the effects of active imagination in creating a sense of presence of an ambiguously real other. We found that adding a visual representation was more effective than verbal language alone in evoking a sense of social presence in a ten-minute intervention, t…
What it is to see
Visual prosthesis (VP) devices-devices that electrically stimulate the visual system with the goal of restoring vision to individuals who have lost it-are the literal construal of the orthodox theory of vision that holds that perception is an "indirect" process. In this theory, vision is an image- and sensation-based reconstructive process of representation: a type of information processing that is medium-independent. In this article, I draw on f…
Perception (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Cognitive psychology (2 works) · Cognitive science (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)