A neural mechanism for time-window separation resolves ambiguity of adaptive coding.
The senses of animals are confronted with changing environments and different contexts. Neural adaptation is one important tool to adjust sensitivity to varying intensity ranges. For instance, in a quiet night outdoors, our hearing is more sensitive than when we are confronted with the plurality of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-03-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4356587?pdf=render |