
doi: 10.1007/bf00365086
pmid: 953078
The response of many neurons in the nervous system is a nonlinear function of membrane potential. Nevertheless, if the membrane potentials are normally distributed then their covariance satisfies a linear equation. This suggests that information in the nervous system may be processed by correlations between membrane potentials, a hypothesis which is subject to direct experimental test. The acquisition, storage, and retrieval of information in the form of correlations is consistent with present knowledge of human information processing.
Neurons, Stochastic Processes, Memory, Models, Neurological, Information Theory, Sensation, Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory, General biology and biomathematics
Neurons, Stochastic Processes, Memory, Models, Neurological, Information Theory, Sensation, Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory, General biology and biomathematics
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