DOI: 10.1017/s0952523800002212. The amount of information transmitted about contrast by neurones in the cat's visual cortex

The amount of information transmitted about contrast by neurones in the cat's visual cortex

10.1017/s0952523800002212

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Visual Neuroscience (27968)

Abstract

AbstractThe responses of neurones in the cat's visual cortex are very variable in amplitude. Thus, although the average response amplitude of a single neurone depends closely upon the contrast of a sinusoidal grating, the instantaneous amplitude of the response can convey little information about the grating's contrast. This paper shows that a typical cortical neurone can convey less than one bit of information about contrast in 0.5 s. The amount of information that a neurone can convey is closely correlated with the neurone's responsivity.

Bibliography

Tolhurst, D. J. (1989). The amount of information transmitted about contrast by neurones in the catâs visual cortex. Visual Neuroscience, 2(4), 409â413.

Authors 1

D. J. Tolhurst (first)

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Created	16 years, 2 months ago (June 2, 2009, 8:32 a.m.)
Deposited	7 months, 2 weeks ago (Jan. 2, 2025, 2:56 p.m.)
Indexed	7 months, 2 weeks ago (Jan. 3, 2025, 12:40 a.m.)
Issued	36 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1989)
Published	36 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1989)
Published Online	16 years, 2 months ago (June 2, 2009)
Published Print	36 years, 4 months ago (April 1, 1989)

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