▪ Abstract A complete understanding of sensory and motor processing requires
characterization of how the nervous system processes time in the range of tens to hundreds …

The principle function of the central nervous system is to represent and transform information
and thereby mediate appropriate decisions and behaviors. The cerebral cortex is one of the …

Traditional methods of studying neural coding characterize the en (cid: 173) coding of
known stimuli in average neural responses. Organisms face nearly the opposite task …

Kernel smoother and a time-histogram are classical tools for estimating an instantaneous
rate of spike occurrences. We recently established a method for selecting the bin width of the …

The visual areas of the temporal lobe of the primate are thought to be essential for the
representation of visual objects. To examine the role of these areas in the visual awareness …

Chaos in science has always been a fascinating realm since it challenges the usual
scientific approach of reductionism. While carefully distinguishing between complexity …

We propose a rigorous definition for the term temporal encoding as it is applied to schemes
for the representation of information within patterns of neuronal action potentials, and …

In the current paper it is proposed that short-term plasticity and dynamic changes in the
balance of excitatory–inhibitory interactions may underlie the decoding of temporal …

This essay is presented with two principal objectives in mind: first, to document the
prevalence of fractals at all levels of the nervous system, giving credence to the notion of …

How reliably do action potentials in cortical neurons encode information about a visual
stimulus? Most physiological studies do not weigh the occurrences of particular action …