Sensory cortex is optimized for prediction of future input

Neurons in sensory cortex are tuned to diverse features in natural scenes. But what determines which features neurons become selective to? Here we explore the idea that neuronal selectivity is optimized to represent features in the recent sensory past that best predict immediate future inputs. We te...

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Main Authors: Yosef Singer, Yayoi Teramoto, Ben DB Willmore, Jan WH Schnupp, Andrew J King, Nicol S Harper
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2018-06-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/31557