Neural Coding: Sparse but On Time

To code information efficiently, sensory systems use sparse representations. In a sparse code, a specific stimulus activates only few spikes in a small number of neurons. A new study shows that the temporal pattern across sparsely activated neurons encodes information, suggesting that the sparse code extends into the time domain.

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