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Bayesian Spiking Neurons I: Inference
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We show that the dynamics of spiking neurons can be interpreted as a form of Bayesian inference in time. Neurons that optimally integrate evidence about events in the external world exhibit properties similar to leaky integrate-and-fire neurons with spike-dependent adaptation and maximally respond to fluctuations of their input. Spikes signal the occurrence of new information-what cannot be predicted from the past activity. As a result, firing statistics are close to Poisson, albeit providing a deterministic representation of probabilities.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Deneve, S.
- Affiliations
- Group for Neural Theory, Département d'Etudes Cognitives, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Collège de France, 75005 Paris, France
- Venue
- Neural Computation
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 91-117
- ISSN
- 0899-7667 (ISSN-L)
- 1530-888X
- OpenAlex
- W2139295975
- Cited by
- 313
- References
- 50
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 29 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 22 · 2012: 29
- FWCI
- 7.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neural Computation (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Gatsby Charitable Foundation
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › stochastic dynamics and bifurcation
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
- Keywords
- spiking neurons, Bayesian inference, leaky integrate-and-fire neurons, evidence integration, neural coding
- MeSH terms
- Action Potentials, Adaptation, Physiological, Algorithms, Animals, Bayes Theorem, Central Nervous System, Computer Simulation, Humans, Markov Chains, Movement, Nerve Net, Synaptic Transmission, Neurons, Perception, Models, Statistical, Neural Networks, Computer
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