title: Neural coding: rate and time codes work together.
abstract: A new study shows that, when rats discriminate different textures using their whiskers, both spike-rate and spike-timing information in somatosensory cortex contribute to their perceptual decisions. An elegant information theory analysis shows these contributions to be complementary.
authors: Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, School of Engineering and Informatics, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QJ, UK. Electronic address: a.k.seth@sussex.ac.uk.
authors: Anil K
authors: AK
authors: Seth
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D055698:Touch Perception / Q000502:physiology*