tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post6182292192154810980..comments2024-03-09T09:06:35.288+00:00Comments on Notes from Two Scientific Psychologists: The Nature of Ecological Perceptual InformationAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16732977871048876430noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9192597712746432631.post-63684832020812851682017-02-20T23:51:26.561+00:002017-02-20T23:51:26.561+00:00One way to think of the information we receive via...One way to think of the information we receive via the senses is that it is an analog of what is being perceived. When discussing analog vs. digital, one tends to focus on continuous vs. discrete. But there is another way to think of analog information. An analog signal consists of the tranduction of energy from one form to another.<br /><br />Back in the day of vinyl records, microphones would transduce mechanical energy (sound waves) into electromagnetic energy (stored on magnetic tape) and at a later stage this electromagnetic signal would be reconverted back into mechanical energy - making physical impressions in the vinyl record in the form of peaks and valleys. A vinyl record is not a "representation" of a musical performance, it is a direct, physical analog of the musical performance.<br /><br />The ear is an auditory transducer - not metaphorically similar to a microphone, but an actual analog of a microphone.<br /><br />The neurologist Eric Kandel has some promising leads that prion-like proteins in neurons are physically and anatomically altered by sensory information and form the basis of memory storage. This is VERY similar to how music is physically stored in vinyl. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com