Probabilistic Interpretation of Population Codes
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We present a general encoding-decoding framework for interpreting the activity of a population of units. A standard population code interpretation method, the Poisson model, starts from a description as to how a single value of an underlying quantity can generate the activities of each unit in the population. In casting it in the encoding-decoding framework, we find that this model is too restrictive to describe fully the activities of units in population codes in higher processing areas, such as the medial temporal area. Under a more powerful model, the population activity can convey information not only about a single value of some quantity but also about its whole distribution, including its variance, and perhaps even the certainty the system has in the actual presence in the world of the entity generating this quantity. We propose a novel method for forming such probabilistic interpretations of population codes and compare it to the existing method.
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- Authors
- Zemel, R. S., Dayan, P., & Pouget, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Arizona (US)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Venue
- Neural Computation
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Published
- 1998-02-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 403-430
- ISSN
- 0899-7667 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-888X
- OpenAlex
- W1985162039
- Cited by
- 333
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 16 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 18 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 4.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Locations
- Neural Computation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
- Surdna Foundation
- National Institutes of Health (1r29mh055541-01)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R29 MH 55541-01)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Neural Networks and Applications
- Keywords
- population coding, probabilistic interpretation, Poisson model, population activity, medial temporal lobe, neural coding, uncertainty representation
- MeSH terms
- Data Interpretation, Statistical, Models, Neurological, Neurons, Probability, Models, Statistical, Poisson Distribution
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