Mapping spikes to sensations

Single-unit recordings conducted during perceptual decision-making tasks have yielded tremendous insights into the neural coding of sensory stimuli. In such experiments, detection or discrimination behavior (the psychometric data) is observed in parallel with spike trains in sensory neurons (the neu...

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Main Authors: Maik Christopher Stüttgen, Cornelius eSchwarz, Frank eJäkel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2011.00125/full