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The quantitative, aspects of the decoding and storage processes of simple visual patterns by the human brain are considered, on the basis of the performances obtained in a set of two-choice experiments. Strings of patterns (colored lights or simple geometrical patterns) were used in which the densities of the two patterns throughout the string were either constant or asymmetric. The subjects were required to indicate the pattern which was presented more frequently. A nonlinear model for the storage and decision processes was devised from these data which accurately predicted the performance under experimental conditions different from those originally used. Among the prominent features of the brain processes suggested by the model are the necessity for a nonlinear summation of the decoded information and its decay with time.
Finally, it is shown that the experimental design allows a quantitative evaluation of those factors which are relevant to the decoding of patterns of different complexities.
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Viviani, P., Terzuolo, C.A. On the modeling of the performances of the human brain in a two-choice task involving decoding and memorization of simple visual patterns. Kybernetik 10, 121–137 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00290510
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