Living SystemsOffering a detailed analysis of each of the major aspects and characteristics encountered at all seven levels, Living Systems identifies multiple variables of each of 9 matter-energy and information-processing subsystems, the normal and pathological states of these variables, and practical indicators for measuring changes in them. It also specifies cross-level formal identities among the levels and describes the artifacts, machines, or technologies at each level. |
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... refractory period or " dead time " & before another marker can be processed . In neurons & can be as brief as 1 millisecond ( ms ) . In systems at higher levels it is usually longer , often much longer . The refractory period limits the ...
... refractory period or " dead time " & before another marker can be processed . In neurons & can be as brief as 1 millisecond ( ms ) . In systems at higher levels it is usually longer , often much longer . The refractory period limits the ...
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... refractory period is much longer than the refractory period of cells , which ranges between 0.4 and 20 ms . Since a human being's information processing is carried out by a network of neurons with refractory periods , connected at ...
... refractory period is much longer than the refractory period of cells , which ranges between 0.4 and 20 ms . Since a human being's information processing is carried out by a network of neurons with refractory periods , connected at ...
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... refractory period that lasts from 0.4 to 3 ms in different types of neu- rons . Then it becomes relatively refractory for 10 to 20 ms or more , requiring for the production of a pulse an input which is much more intense than normal ...
... refractory period that lasts from 0.4 to 3 ms in different types of neu- rons . Then it becomes relatively refractory for 10 to 20 ms or more , requiring for the production of a pulse an input which is much more intense than normal ...
Contents
Tables of the Critical Subsystems | xi |
Preface to the First Edition | xxvii |
Outline of Chapters 3 4 and 6 through 12 | xxxviii |
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