How deep is the rabbit hole?

Consider the following experiment

Imagine your brain is hooked for a neural scan. An object is shown to you and the neural behavior is recorded. Then you are asked to remember the same object and the doctors recorded the neural behavior again.

Now the most interesting case over here is, neural behaviors were same when you saw the object (using your eyes) and when you remembered the object (neural behavior will be same even if you remember it in your dreams).

So, what is the role of eyes then? Why is the neural behavior same when the input came from two different sources?

To find out more about this, read more in my blog The Conscious Mind / How deep is the rabbit hole?