Neurobiology of “Umwelt” How Living Beings Perceive the World /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Berthoz, A. (Editor), Christen, Yves (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Environment.; Biomedicine.; Environment, general.

At the beginning of the 20th century, German biologist Jakob von Uexküll created the concept of "Umwelt" to denote the environment as experienced by a subject. This concept of environment differs from the idea of passive surroundings and is defined not just by physical surroundings, but is...