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Further Computations Involving Time

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Auditory Computation

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 6))

Abstract

The concept of temporal order, as embedded in the notions of before, after, and simultaneous, is useful for considering the activities of the individual organism and the effectiveness with which it interacts with the world in which it lives. The potential prey organism will be more likely to survive, for example, if it detects the presence of the predator before the predator is close enough for an effective attack; and, in that case, the motor actions involved in flight from the predator will be effective if they are carried out in a particular temporal order, but ineffective otherwise. Therefore, the organism whose nervous system is able to embody temporal order in its computations will have distinct selective advantages over an organism whose nervous system is unable to do so. One expects that nervous systems have evolved with that ability.

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Lewis, E.R. (1996). Further Computations Involving Time. In: Hawkins, H.L., McMullen, T.A., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) Auditory Computation. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 6. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4070-9_10

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