Optimal population codes for space: Grid cells outperform place cells

Neural Computation

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2280-2317

  Mathis, Alexander ^a   Herz, Andreas V M ^a   Stemmler, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOLOGY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84871882125     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: 1530888X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/NECO_a_00319     Document Type: Article

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