Population code, noise correlations, and memory

Frédéric E Theunissen; Julie E Elie

doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2013.04.012

Population code, noise correlations, and memory

Neuron. 2013 Apr 24;78(2):209-10. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.04.012.

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Frédéric E Theunissen¹, Julie E Elie

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¹ Department of Psychology & Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, 3210 Tolman Hall, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. theunissen@berkeley.edu

Abstract

Changes in the correlated activity in the population code can increase neural discrimination by facilitating noise suppression. In this issue, Jeanne et al. (2013) observe learning-dependent changes in high-level avian auditory cortical neurons after a song discrimination task.

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