[vannevar]

It's possible that the field is a good proxy for underlying coherence in a redundant neural subnet that may be harder to measure directly. The field itself may or may not play a causal role---that would depend on whether the field could induce or reinforce neural activity. Even if the electrical field plays a role in marshaling the necessary neural activity, the representation must come to exist in the neurons in some way, since they are what are connected to the muscles that carry out intention.