Perception as memory... (Mitchell Cotter )

Subject: Perception as memory... From: Mitchell Cotter <mcotter7@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:33:08 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --0015174bdeaa7ffef10471e69ce4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Mitchell Cotter <mcotter7@xxxxxxxx> Reply-To: Mitchell Cotter <mcotter7@xxxxxxxx> To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Peter, Hi: Regarding the very important comments of Dr. Peter Lennox in his email of = this morning (second paragraph): I would like reinforce those notions as they are very important to understanding Perception as the fundamental aspect it represents for individual life forms: One may look upon Perception as the ensemble of means an individual animal employs to operate in its environment. Sensing both internal and external factors Perception is at the very core of individual identity. So it is certainly connected with the neural process of =93comprehension=94. Perception is even more, a constant autonomic stimulus flow process allowing the individual to navigate in its environment. As such it is for the individual an origin of its self-identity. Operating over time the sensory data becomes both backward looking and forward looking by means of the ensemble of neural capacities. Memory operates at many levels on both the backward and forward aspects. Without memory sensory interaction could only be reflex-like and any semblance of =93perception=94 would not be possible. Experiments in total sensory deprivation reveal that without the full flow of sensory input the individual becomes operationally impaired! A further illumination from nature comes from examination of the sensory architecture in some organs. One finds examples of selective evolutionary development that deliver their information as data streams to the individual. The distribution of such data flow in time utilizes the essence of memory processes. This sensory integration with data flow over time seems therefore quite essential to the individual=92s survival in its environment. No surprise that the flow of sensory data is integral to perception. Regards, Mitchell Cotter (011) 919-259-4816 CTO, Air Isosys Technologies 3201-141 Edwards Mill Road ms# 101 RALEIGH, NC 27612-5371 USA --0015174bdeaa7ffef10471e69ce4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Mitchell Cotter <<a href=3D"mailto:mcotter7@xxxxxxxx">mcotter7@xxxxxxxx= m</a>> Reply-To: Mitchell Cotter <<a href=3D"mailto:mcotter7@xxxxxxxx= .com">mcotter7@xxxxxxxx</a>> To: <a href=3D"mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx= gill.ca">AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx</a> <meta name=3D"Title" content=3D""> <meta name=3D"Keywords" content=3D""> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> <meta name=3D"ProgId" content=3D"Word.Document"> <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=3D"Originator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 11">  <style>  </style> Peter, Hi: Regarding the very important comments of Dr. Peter Lennox in his email of=A0 this morning (second paragraph): I would like reinforce those notions as they are very important to understanding Perception as the fundamental aspect it represents for individual life form= s: One may look upon Perception as the ensemble of means an individual animal employs = to operate in its environment. Sensing both internal and external factors Perception is at the very core of individual identity. So it is certainly connected with the neural process of =93comprehension=94.=A0 Perception is even more, a constant autonomic stimulus flow process allowing the individual to navigate in its environment. As such it is for the individual an origin of its self-identity.=A0 Operating over time the sensory data becomes both backward looking and forward looking by means= of the ensemble of neural capacities.=A0 Memory operates at many levels on both the backward and forward aspects.=A0=A0 Without memory sensory interaction could only be reflex-like and any semblance of =93perception=94= would not be possible.=A0 Experiments in total sensory deprivation reveal that without the full flow of sensory input the individual becomes operationally impaired! A further illumination from nature comes from examination of the sensory architecture= in some organs. One finds examples of selective evolutionary development that deliver their information as data streams to the individual. The distributi= on of such data flow in time utilizes the essence of memory processes.=A0=A0 This sensory integration with data flow over time seems therefore quite essential to the individual=92s survival in its environment.=A0 <= /p>No surprise that the flow of sensory data is integral to perception.</f= ont> =A0 Regards, =A0 Mitchell Cotter (011) 919-259-4816 =A0 CTO, Air Isosys Technologies 3201-141 Edwards Mill Road ms# 101 RALEIGH, NC 27612-5371 USA --0015174bdeaa7ffef10471e69ce4--

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