Dynamics of Encoding in a Population of Neurons
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- 1 June 1972
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of general physiology
- Vol. 59 (6) , 734-766
- https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.59.6.734
Abstract
A simple encoder model, which is a reasonable idealization from known electrophysiological properties, yields a population in which the variation of the firing rate with time is a perfect replica of the shape of the input stimulus. A population of noise-free encoders which depart even slightly from the simple model yield a very much degraded copy of the input stimulus. The presence of noise improves the performance of such a population. The firing rate of a population of neurons is related to the firing rate of a single member in a subtle way.Keywords
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