Yes but can we say human memory is not also (at least in part) a product of timing? Conceivably memory is mediated by synchronizing activity of certain neurons

Yes but can we say human memory is not also (at least in part) a product of timing? Conceivably memory is mediated by synchronizing activity of certain neurons, after all, phase coupled neuronal signaling[0] is an element of brain functioning. Perhaps the bacteria encode information about their environment using low-level phase coupling. Probably not like that at all, it's just a thought. [0] http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/1/81.long http://cercor.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/1/81.long