Optimal representation of sensory information by neural populations

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 690-696

  Jazayeri, Mehrdad ^a   Movshon, J Anthony ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; INFORMATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE CELL; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS, AFFERENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745758495     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1691     Document Type: Article

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