Neural codes – necessary but not sufficient for understanding brain function
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Schultz, Simon
Gava, Giuseppe
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Brains are information processing systems, whose operational principles ultimately cannot be understood without resource to information theory. We suggest that understanding how external signals are represented in the brain is a necessary step towards employing further engineering tools (such as control theory) to understand the information processing performed by brain circuits during behaviour.
Date Issued
2019-11-28
Date Acceptance
2019-05-11
Citation
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2019, 42
ISSN
0140-525X
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Journal / Book Title
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume
42
Copyright Statement
© Cambridge University Press 2019. This paper has been accepted for publication and will appear in a revised form, subsequent to peer-review and/or editorial input by Cambridge University Press.
Identifier
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/neural-codes-necessary-but-not-sufficient-for-understanding-brain-function/847A58B43EF8EA845D1A93AB8CC5726F
Subjects
Brain
Metaphor
Models, Neurological
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
0801 Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
1109 Neurosciences
1702 Cognitive Sciences
Experimental Psychology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-11-28