Natural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortex
Natural scenes sparsely activate V1 neurons. Here, the authors show that a small number of active cells reliably represent visual contents of a natural image across trials regardless of response variability, due to the diverse and partially overlapping representations of individual cells.
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| author | Takashi Yoshida Kenichi Ohki |
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| description | Natural scenes sparsely activate V1 neurons. Here, the authors show that a small number of active cells reliably represent visual contents of a natural image across trials regardless of response variability, due to the diverse and partially overlapping representations of individual cells. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21542988598c48858c6d77ec415dc7c72022-12-21T23:37:40ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-02-0111111910.1038/s41467-020-14645-xNatural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortexTakashi Yoshida0Kenichi Ohki1Department of Physiology, The University of Tokyo School of MedicineDepartment of Physiology, The University of Tokyo School of MedicineNatural scenes sparsely activate V1 neurons. Here, the authors show that a small number of active cells reliably represent visual contents of a natural image across trials regardless of response variability, due to the diverse and partially overlapping representations of individual cells.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14645-x |
| spellingShingle | Takashi Yoshida Kenichi Ohki Natural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortex Nature Communications |
| title | Natural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortex |
| title_full | Natural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortex |
| title_fullStr | Natural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortex |
| title_full_unstemmed | Natural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortex |
| title_short | Natural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortex |
| title_sort | natural images are reliably represented by sparse and variable populations of neurons in visual cortex |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14645-x |
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