# Information: In the stimulus or in the context?

Tononi & Edelman (1997). *Information: In the stimulus or in the context?* Behavioral and Brain Sciences. <https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X97401607>

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| Identifier | `iit:ref/tononi-1997` |

## Abstract

The distinction between receptive field and conceptual 
field is appealing and heuristically useful. Conceptually, it is more 
satisfactory to distinguish between information from the environment 
and from the brain. We emphasize here a selectionist view that 
considers information transmission within the brain as modulated by 
a stimulus, rather than information transmission from a stimulus as 
modulated by the context.