Philosophy of the spike: rate-based vs. spike-based theories of the brain

Does the brain use a firing rate code or a spike timing code? Considering this controversial question from an epistemological perspective, I argue that progress has been hampered by its problematic phrasing. It takes the perspective of an external observer looking at whether those two observables va...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Romain eBrette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00151/full