Spikes: Exploring the Neural Code

By Fred RiekeRob de Ruyter van SteveninckDavid Warland, et al.

Book Overview

Our perception of the world is driven by sensory input which is sent to our brains through sequences of spikes carried by sensory neurons, an incoming/outgoing language of the brain. This book explores the way in which the nervous system represents or encodes these sensory signals, asking in particular whether a linguistic analogy makes sense, whether as in language, there are notions of context that can influence the meaning of the individual words, and whether these questions can be given precise formulations in the design and analysis of experiments on neurons.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262181746
• ISBN13: 9780262181747
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.2"