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Synthesizing synchrony versus dissecting dissonance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1997

Alessandro Treves
Affiliation:
Programme in Neuroscience, SISSA, 34013 Trieste, Italyale@limbo.sissa.it www.sissa.it

Abstract

A series of intriguing experiments has emphasized the need to understand synchronization effects. Information theory is proving to be an important tool for understanding the computations performed by cortical circuits. Nevertheless, Phillips & Singer's target article fails to provide a convincing correlation between synchronous firing and information transmission, which could well prove to be anticorrelated.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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