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