title: A scalar neural code for categories in parietal cortex: representing cognitive variables as "more" or "less".
abstract: In this issue, Fitzgerald et al. (2013) show that LIP neurons in monkeys encode categorically distinct task conditions using a scalar code. Activity scales up or down to encode different categories, with neurons maintaining proportional levels of activity in relation to one another.
authors: Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. chafe001@umn.edu
authors: Matthew V
authors: MV
authors: Chafee