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Our understanding of neural codes rests on Shannon's foundations

Our understanding of neural codes rests on Shannon's foundations

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Our understanding of neural codes rests on Shannon's foundations

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Our understanding of neural codes rests on Shannon's foundations

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

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The Behavioral and brain sciences, 2019-11, Vol.42, p.e226-e226, Article e226

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English

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New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

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Shannon's theory lays the foundation for understanding the flow of information from world into brain: There must be a set of possible messages. Brain structure determines what they are. Many messages convey quantitative facts (distances, directions, durations, etc.). It is impossible to consider how neural tissue processes these numbers without fir...

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Our understanding of neural codes rests on Shannon's foundations

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2319496792

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_2319496792

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0140-525X

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1469-1825

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10.1017/S0140525X19001249

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