Neural Concepts is a think tank dedicated to education in the neural sciences, specifically the sensory modalities of the neural sciences, and supporting both the academic and industrial markets. Its principles have been involved in the study of the neural system for more than 30 years. The initial focus of the group was the visual modality. However, it soon became apparent that all sensory modalities employed a common neural architecture with major differences concentrated at the head end of each modality, in the initial sensing neurons. In order to prepare a comprehensive treatise on the neural system, it became necessary to develop a clear presentation associated with the vision, hearing and olfactory modalities before proceeding.
The offices of Neural Concepts are at:
1106 Sandpiper Dr.
Corona Del Mar, California, USA
92625-1407
Telephone: 1-949-759-0630 (in the Pacific Coast Time Zone)
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Jim Fulton has been analyzing and describing the performance of the human eye for over 30 years primarily for the military and industrial vision markets. He first compared the human eye with photographic film and television techniques in the 1960's when he showed the ultimate limitations of film compared to the eye and television. At that time, he also showed that television techniques would soon approach the animal visual system in ultimate sensitivity at a given angular resolution in object space. This parity has now occurred at a quantum efficiency in both systems exceeding 85% under operational conditions.
With the publication of Biological Vision: A 21st Century Tutorial, a more general text on neurology was undertaken. However, the field of hearing did not contain any detailed and comprehensive (end-to-end) description of the hearing system. This was surprising since much of it was identical to the visual system. The current work has resulted in the first comprehensive description of the hearing modality, "Hearing: A 21st Century Paradigm."
Mr. Fulton is a generalist with a strong academic background in a wide variety of disciplines found in the neural systems of animals. The variety in his Patent awards, as well as the variety of his industrial positions, speaks to this diversity of interests and capabilities. His complete Resume is available on this site.