Efficiency measures

Michael R. DeWeese () and Anthony Zador ()
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Michael R. DeWeese: the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Anthony Zador: the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Nature, 2006, vol. 439, issue 7079, 920-921

Abstract: The nervous system translates sensory information into electrical impulses. The neural ‘code’ involved seems to represent natural sounds and images efficiently, using the smallest number of impulses.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1038/439920a

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