diff --git a/main.pdf b/main.pdf index fc10545..3a0ca0d 100644 Binary files a/main.pdf and b/main.pdf differ diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex index ed566f8..d65a287 100644 --- a/main.tex +++ b/main.tex @@ -1542,45 +1542,28 @@ acoustic environment. Our understanding of sensory processing systems is based on the distributed accumulation of anatomical, physiological, and ethological evidence. Functional -modelling provides a powerful tool to integrate the available knowledge -fragments into a coherent whole, which greatly fasciliates systematic -investigations and allows us to address questions of increasingly broader -scope. For instance, we were able to investigate the interaction between the -two mechanisms of intensity invariance because we can relate the output of the -first mechanism to the input of the second mechanism, which would not be -possible if both are treated as separate entities. We can also use the model -pathway as a general basis for comparing song representations across different -species without building a specific model for each species. However, the -potential of a functional modelling approach also depends directly on the -amount of available knowledge on the sensory system and the stimuli it operates -on. The grasshopper auditory system is a comparably simple and well-understood -system and is therefore a particularly suitable candidate for functional -modelling. +modelling provides a powerful tool to integrate the available fragments into a +coherent whole. It fasciliates systematic, reproducible investigations of +relevant parameters such as scale $\sca$ or threshold value $\thr$. Moreover, +it allows to address questions of broader scope by generalizing from concrete +evidence. For instance, the interaction between the two mechanisms of intensity +invariance is most assessible if both mechanisms can be treated as consecutive +stages along the pathway --- where the output of the first stage relates +directly to the input of the second stage --- rather than separate entities. +The model pathway also provides a general basis for comparing song +representations across different species without the need for species-specific +models. However, the potential of functional modelling for research on sensory +systems depends entirely on the amount of available knowledge about the system. +The grasshopper song recognition pathway is a comparably simple and very +well-understood system and is therefore a particularly suitable candidate for +functional modelling. Other sensory systems that are either more complex or +have not been subject to decades of study will likely not be suitable for this +approach yet. -that has been studied extensively over the past decades. This makes it -a particularly suitable candidate for functional modelling. - -functional -modelling is not without limitations. - -However, building a -framework that captures the essential functional aspects of a sensory system is -a challenging task. - -It requires comprehensive information on the system and the -stimuli it operates on as well as careful abstraction of the underlying -structures and mechanisms. The grasshopper auditory system is a comparably -simple, well-understood system that has been studied extensively over the past -decades. - -and is therefore a -particularly suitable candidate for functional modelling. Many other sensory -systems - -\textbf{Song recognition pathway: Grasshopper vs. model:}\\ -The model pathway includes a rather large number of Gabor kernels compared to -the 15 to 20 ascending neurons in the grasshopper auditory -system~(\bcite{stumpner1991auditory}). +% \textbf{Song recognition pathway: Grasshopper vs. model:}\\ +% The model pathway includes a rather large number of Gabor kernels compared to +% the 15 to 20 ascending neurons in the grasshopper auditory +% system~(\bcite{stumpner1991auditory}). \subsection{Interplay of song representation and song design}