Neural Signaling of Probabilistic Vectors.

Recent work combining cognitive neuroscience with computational modeling suggests that distributed patterns of neural firing may represent probability distributions. This article asks, what makes it the case that distributed patterns of firing, as well as carrying information about (correlating with...

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 81; no. 5; pp. 902 - 914
Autor principal: Shea, Nicholas
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press Dec2014
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