The effect of correlated variability on the accuracy of a population code

Neural Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-101

  Abbott, L F ^a   Dayan, Peter ^b,c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 0032609779     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976699300016827     Document Type: Article

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