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Article #8445Re: the computational neurophysics of perception
From: Bryan Hackney
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:29
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 16:29
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StpNrrs@aol.com wrote: > robert bristow-johnson wrote: > >>in article 1130629424.117822.102680@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, >>maestro@ultrapiano.com at StpNrrs@aol.com wrote on 10/29/2005 19:43: >> >> [...] > > "this known neural bottleneck". Do you mean the disparity in the > amount of information that the ear sends the brain, at most a few > thousand haircells firing ten times per second, compared to the > 44100*16 bits per second required for high-fidelity digital audio > sound? The same 'known neural bottleneck' occurs in the eyes - about > 1000000*3*25 bits per second when your're looking at your computer > monitor. > Try this. Fill your monitor with approximately 8 point text, and see how much you can read with your peripheral vision. Not much, eh?
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