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The trade-off between speed and complexity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2008

Mark Andrew Changizi
Mark Andrew Changizi
Affiliation:
Cognitive Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180. [email protected]://www.changizi.com
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Abstract

The hypothesis that there has been selection pressure for mechanisms which enable us to perceive the present tends to be conflated with the hypothesis that there has been selection pressure for mechanisms that compensate for inevitable neural delay. The relationship between the two is more subtle, because increases in neural delay can be advantageous for building more useful perceptions.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 203
Copyright
Copyright ©Cambridge University Press 2008

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