How an object is perceived depends on the temporal context in which it is encountered.
Sensory signals in the brain also depend on temporal context, a phenomenon often referred …

A key question in systems neuroscience is to identify how sensory stimuli are represented in
neuronal activity, and how the activity of sensory neurons in turn is “read out” by downstream …

Cortical spike trains often appear noisy, with the timing and number of spikes varying across
repetitions of stimuli. Spiking variability can arise from internal (behavioral state, unreliable …

Predictive coding theories argue that recent experience establishes expectations in the
brain that generate prediction errors when violated. Prediction errors provide a possible …

The response of cortical neurons to sensory stimuli is shaped both by past events
(adaptation) and the expectation of future events (prediction). Here we employed a visual …

In the natural environment, organisms are constantly exposed to a continuous stream of
sensory input. The dynamics of sensory input changes with organism's behaviour and …

Entropy is a fundamental trait of human brain. Using fMRI-based brain entropy (BEN)
mapping, interesting findings have been increasingly revealed in normal brain and …

Operating with some finite quantity of processing resources, an animal would benefit from
prioritizing the sensory modality expected to provide key information in a particular context …

Highlights•Whisker follicle forces are shaped by whisker motion and mechanical
properties.•Forces are encoded by temporally precise, heterogeneous primary afferent …

Sensory information is encoded in the response of neuronal populations. How might this
information be decoded by downstream neurons? Here we analyzed the responses of …