Neural mechanisms for the concepts of difference and similarity

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H. D. Landahl1
1The University of Chicago USA

Tóm tắt

A neurobiophysical mechanism which reacts todifferences in different modalities of a stimulus pattern is suggested. Another mechanism is suggested which reacts tosimilarity. The latter is measured by the number of neurons in common to the two stimulus patterns.

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