Brain function involves the activity of neuronal populations. Much recent effort has been
devoted to measuring the activity of neuronal populations in different parts of the brain under …

Computational strategies used by the brain strongly depend on the amount of information
that can be stored in population activity, which in turn strongly depends on the pattern of …

Cortical neurons receive balanced excitatory and inhibitory synaptic currents. Such a
balance could be established and maintained in an experience-dependent manner by …

Highlights•Correlations re-distribute the noise in the neural population-
response.•Information is limited when signal and correlated noise overlap.•Heterogeneity …

Integration of multiple sensory cues is essential for precise and accurate perception and
behavioral performance, yet the reliability of sensory signals can vary across modalities and …

The field of perceptual learning has identified changes in perceptual templates as a
powerful mechanism mediating the learning of statistical regularities in our environment. By …

Neuronal variability in sensory cortex predicts perceptual decisions. This relationship,
termed choice probability (CP), can arise from sensory variability biasing behaviour and …

The ability to discriminate between similar sensory stimuli relies on the amount of
information encoded in sensory neuronal populations. Such information can be substantially …

Neural responses are noisy, and circuit structure can correlate this noise across neurons.
Theoretical studies show that noise correlations can have diverse effects on population …

Novel experimental techniques reveal the simultaneous activity of larger and larger numbers
of neurons. As a result there is increasing interest in the structure of cooperative–or …