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| Title |
Philosophy of the Spike: Rate-Based vs. Spike-Based Theories of the Brain
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, November 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnsys.2015.00151 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Romain Brette |
| Abstract |
Does the brain use a firing rate code or a spike timing code? Considering this controversial question from an epistemological perspective, I argue that progress has been hampered by its problematic phrasing. It takes the perspective of an external observer looking at whether those two observables vary with stimuli, and thereby misses the relevant question: which one has a causal role in neural activity? When rephrased in a more meaningful way, the rate-based view appears as an ad hoc methodological postulate, one that is practical but with virtually no empirical or theoretical support. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 35 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 14% |
| France | 4 | 11% |
| United States | 3 | 9% |
| Canada | 3 | 9% |
| Belgium | 2 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Comoros | 1 | 3% |
| Poland | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 8 | 23% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 66% |
| Scientists | 11 | 31% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 563 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 8 | 1% |
| United States | 5 | <1% |
| France | 4 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 533 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 176 | 31% |
| Researcher | 101 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 83 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 28 | 5% |
| Other | 61 | 11% |
| Unknown | 69 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 182 | 32% |
| Engineering | 80 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 63 | 11% |
| Computer Science | 58 | 10% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 25 | 4% |
| Other | 74 | 13% |
| Unknown | 81 | 14% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 March 2022.
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