Accounting for bias in the estimation of r2 between two sets of noisy neural responses
DA Pospisil, W Bair - Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
The Pearson correlation coefficient squared, r 2, is an important tool used in the analysis of
neural data to quantify the similarity between neural tuning curves. Yet this metric is biased …
neural data to quantify the similarity between neural tuning curves. Yet this metric is biased …
Revisiting the high-dimensional geometry of population responses in visual cortex
DA Pospisil, JW Pillow - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Recent advances in large-scale recording technology have spurred exciting new inquiries
into the high-dimensional geometry of the neural code. However, characterizing this …
into the high-dimensional geometry of the neural code. However, characterizing this …
High-density recording reveals sparse clusters (but not columns) for shape and texture encoding in macaque V4
T Namima, E Kempkes, P Zamarashkina… - Journal of …, 2025 - jneurosci.org
Macaque area V4 includes neurons that exhibit exquisite selectivity for visual form and
surface texture, but their functional organization across laminae is unknown. We used high …
surface texture, but their functional organization across laminae is unknown. We used high …
[HTML][HTML] Disentangling signal and noise in neural responses through generative modeling
Measurements of neural responses to identically repeated experimental events often exhibit
large amounts of variability. This noise is distinct from signal, operationally defined as the …
large amounts of variability. This noise is distinct from signal, operationally defined as the …
Modeling and Simulation of Successful Signal Transmission Without Information Loss in Axon
When a nerve signal propagates through a nerve fiber, it is subject to a number of
processes, including those of the extracellular space (ECS) attenuation due to the …
processes, including those of the extracellular space (ECS) attenuation due to the …
SIMNETS: a computationally efficient and scalable framework for identifying sub-networks of functionally similar neurons
JB Hynes, DM Brandman, JB Zimmerman… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Recent technological advances have made it possible to simultaneously record the activity
of thousands of individual neurons in the cortex of awake behaving animals. However, the …
of thousands of individual neurons in the cortex of awake behaving animals. However, the …