EGGERMONT, JJ Is there a neural code? NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV REV 22 (2) 355–370,
1998.—Rate coding and temporal coding are two extremes of the neural coding process …

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The principle function of the central nervous system is to represent and transform information
and thereby mediate appropriate decisions and behaviors. The cerebral cortex is one of the …

Information theory provides a theoretical framework for addressing fundamental questions
concerning the nature of neural codes. Harnessing its power is not straightforward, because …

This article reviews the nature of the neural code in non-human primate cortex and assesses
the potential for neurons to carry two or more signals simultaneously. Neurophysiological …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the neural coding ideas that reveals interesting
and surprising steps in each that illuminate and clarify the others. The major aspects of these …

Computational neuroscience has contributed significantly to our understanding of higher
brain function by combining experimental neurobiology, psychophysics, modeling, and …

Many studies have characterized the brain as an efficient coding system (Olshausen and
Field, 1996). A common claim in this “efficient coding” approach is that the brain has evolved …

Background Our brains are capable of remarkably stable stimulus representations despite
time-varying neural activity. For instance, during delay periods in working memory tasks …

“Neural coding” is a popular metaphor in neuroscience, where objective properties of the
world are communicated to the brain in the form of spikes. Here I argue that this metaphor is …