Temporal Encoding in Nervous Systems¶
Theunissen, F. E., & Miller, J. P. (1995). Temporal Encoding in Nervous Systems: A Rigorous Definition. Journal of Computational Neuroscience, 2(2), 149-162.
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Mechanisms¶
- Spike-Rate Readout
- Any information carried by the precise pattern or synchrony of spikes — which stimuli can convey — is invisible to a rate readout, so where the source actually uses spike timing, this decoder is systematically blind.
This sourceDefines temporal encoding as stimulus information carried in spike-train patterns beyond what a window-averaged mean-rate readout preserves.
- Any information carried by the precise pattern or synchrony of spikes — which stimuli can convey — is invisible to a rate readout, so where the source actually uses spike timing, this decoder is systematically blind.
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