On the contrast response function of adapted neural populations

The magnitude of neural responses in sensory cortex depends on the intensity of a stimulus and its probability of being observed within the environment. How these two variables combine to influence the overall response of cortical populations remains unknown. Here we show that, in primary visual cortex, the vector magnitude of the population response is described by a separable power-law that factors the intensity of a stimulus and its probability.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  bioRxiv

• Publication date

  2023-10-10

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1101/2023.10.06.561309PMID 37873350PMCID 10592696
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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