2006 NIPS NeurIPS 2006

Temporal dynamics of information content carried by neurons in the primary visual cortex

Abstract

We use multi-electrode recordings from cat primary visual cortex and investigate whether a simple linear classifier can extract information about the presented stim(cid:173) uli. We find that information is extractable and that it even lasts for several hun(cid:173) dred milliseconds after the stimulus has been removed. In a fast sequence of stim(cid:173) ulus presentation, information about both new and old stimuli is present simul(cid:173) taneously and nonlinear relations between these stimuli can be extracted. These results suggest nonlinear properties of cortical representations. The important im(cid:173) plications of these properties for the nonlinear brain theory are discussed.

🚀 Conference Pioneer — NIPS 2006
🌉 Interdisciplinary Bridge — Computer Vision and Interdisciplinary and Machine Learning
📈 Trend Setter — Stochastic Processes
🧭 Keyword Pioneer — visual cortex
🐝 Cross-Pollinator — Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Data Science & Analytics, Deep Learning, Healthcare & Medicine, Interdisciplinary, Knowledge & Reasoning, Machine Learning, Mathematics & Optimization, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, Speech & Audio
🐣 Hot Topic Early Bird — information theory