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Sensory coding, decoding, and representations. Unnecessary and troublesome constructs?

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  • 1Departments of Psychology and of Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7601, USA. bph1@cornell.edu

Physiology & Behavior
|June 16, 2000
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Sensory systems process environmental energy. This study proposes replacing "sensory coding" with "transformations" for a more neutral, physical explanation of sensory reception and processing.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Sensory Biology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Organisms perceive environmental energy patterns via sensory systems.
  • Current models often use
  • sensory coding
  • which implies decoding and a central processing role.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a new conceptual framework for understanding sensory reception.
  • To replace the construct of
  • sensory coding
  • and
  • decoding
  • with a more physically grounded concept.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of sensory processing terminology.

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  • Comparison of
  • coding
  • and
  • transformation
  • paradigms.
  • Exploration of implications for neural processing models.

    • Main Results:

    • The term
    • transformation
    • offers a neutral, physical description of pre-bioelectric sensory processes.
    • Transformations do not necessitate
    • representation
    • or
    • reconstruction
    • of the environment.
    • This framework naturally accommodates distributed, parallel processing in sensory systems.

    Conclusions:

    • Replacing
    • sensory coding
    • with
    • transformations
    • provides a more accurate and less anthropomorphic model.
    • Eliminating notions of
    • representation
    • simplifies our understanding of sensory input processing.