Re: the computational neurophysics of perception

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From: robert bristow-johnson
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:02

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in article 1130629424.117822.102680@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com,
maestro@ultrapiano.com at StpNrrs@aol.com wrote on 10/29/2005 19:43:

> A sort of statistical neurodynamics of noise transmission, I suppose.
> What practical use is your friend's (Bob Adams) theory?  Does it
> explain the brain's equivalent to Brownian motion - those odd sudden
> jolts and tics that one sometimes experiences when half-asleep?

he was able to explain, using the audio engineering concept of
noise-shaping, how it is that we hear sound so well, to such a "fidelity"
that using silicon-based systems (44100*16 bits per second in one ear),
through this known neural bottleneck of our auditory nervous system.

> I found the 1997 paper you are discussing rather enervating - why not
> read what I wrote and reply to that instead?

i'm getting there.  there was a lot of stuff suddenly plopped onto comp.dsp.
i haven't caught up with the entire thing posted nor with the existing
thread from wherever this came from.

still pretty busy.  expect sporadic response.

-- 

r b-j                  rbj@audioimagination.com

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

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