Information Theory in Neuroscience II
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Information Theory, Probability and Statistics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 335
Special Issue Editors
Interests: neural population coding; information theory; neural information transmission; computational neuroscience
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: information theory; pattern information analysis; cognitive computational neuroscience; representational similarity analysis; functional connectivity
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the ultimate information-processing system, the brain naturally lends itself to be studied with information theory. The application of information theory to neuroscience has spurred the development of principled theories of brain function, led to advances in the study of consciousness and to the development of analytical techniques to crack the neural code, that is, to unveil the language used by neurons to encode and process information. In particular, advances in experimental techniques enabling precise recording and manipulation of neural activity on a large scale now enable, for the first time, the precise formulation and quantitative testing of hypotheses about how the brain encodes and transmits across areas the information used for specific functions.
This Special Issue emphasizes contributions from both theoretical and applied perspectives, introducing novel approaches in neuroscience using information theory, and explores new information-theoretic results inspired by problems in neuroscience. Research exploring the interface of neuroscience, information theory and other disciplines is also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Stefano Panzeri
Dr. Hamed Nili
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- population coding
- redundancy
- synergy
- efficient coding
- transfer entropy
- integrated information theory
- neural decoders
- partial information decomposition
- information processing in neural network models
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- Information Theory in Neuroscience in Entropy (13 articles)
