In the visual system retinal space is compressed such that acuity decreases further from the fovea. Different forms of memory may rely on a compressed representation of time, manifested as decreased accuracy for events that happened further in the past. Neurophysiologically, "time cells" show receptive fields in time. Analogous to the compression of visual space, time cells show less acuity for events further in the past. Behavioral evidence suggests memory can be accessed by scanning a compressed temporal representation, analogous to visual search. This suggests a common computational language for visual attention and memory retrieval. In this view, time functions like a scaffolding that organizes memories in much the same way that retinal space functions like a scaffolding for visual perception.

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记忆作为对过去的感知：压缩时间在头脑和大脑中

在视觉系统中，视网膜空间被压缩，使得从中央凹处进一步降低视力。不同形式的记忆可能依赖于时间的压缩表示，表现为过去发生的事件的准确性降低。在神经生理学上，“时间细胞”显示出时间的感受野。类似于视觉空间的压缩，时间单元对过去发生的事件的敏锐度较低。行为证据表明可以通过扫描压缩的时间表示来访问记忆，类似于视觉搜索。这表明了一种用于视觉注意和记忆检索的通用计算语言。在这种观点下，时间就像一个脚手架，它组织记忆的方式与视网膜空间的功能就像视觉感知的脚手架一样。