Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Table of Contents - 2008 - Volume , Issue 01  

Open Peer Commentary

On the analysis of spatial neural codes in taste

Christian H. Lemona1

a1 Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163. chris@utmem.edu

Abstract

The two most popular, yet opposing, models of taste processing, the labeled-line (LL) and across-neuron pattern (ANP) theories, are variants of spatial neural coding. Analyses whose outcomes have been argued to support either theory have sometimes glossed over important caveats and considerations that may drastically impact interpretation. Some of these issues are discussed here.

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