348 Information Storage and Neural Control 



SUMMARY 



Period analysis has been described as a special case of informa- 

 tion processing in the time domain. Illustrations have been offered 

 of the application of period analysis to the electroencephalogram, 

 the galvanic skin response and the electrocardiogram. The period 

 filter, coincidence analysis of GSR, and signature recognition of 

 EKG have been detailed as special techniques appropriate to 

 information processing in the time domain. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



The authors would like to thank Messrs. W. A. Spoor, A. J. 

 Welch, and R. J. Edwards for their creative contribution in 

 relation to the work reported. 



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