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Mutual information, Fisher information, and population coding.

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Brunel, N; Nadal, JP
Published in: Neural Comput
October 1, 1998

In the context of parameter estimation and model selection, it is only quite recently that a direct link between the Fisher information and information-theoretic quantities has been exhibited. We give an interpretation of this link within the standard framework of information theory. We show that in the context of population coding, the mutual information between the activity of a large array of neurons and a stimulus to which the neurons are tuned is naturally related to the Fisher information. In the light of this result, we consider the optimization of the tuning curves parameters in the case of neurons responding to a stimulus represented by an angular variable.

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Neural Comput

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0899-7667

Publication Date

October 1, 1998

Volume

10

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1731 / 1757

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurons
  • Models, Neurological
  • Information Theory
  • Cell Communication
  • Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
  • Action Potentials
  • 52 Psychology
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 46 Information and computing sciences
 

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Brunel, N., & Nadal, J. P. (1998). Mutual information, Fisher information, and population coding. Neural Comput, 10(7), 1731–1757. https://doi.org/10.1162/089976698300017115
Brunel, N., and J. P. Nadal. “Mutual information, Fisher information, and population coding.Neural Comput 10, no. 7 (October 1, 1998): 1731–57. https://doi.org/10.1162/089976698300017115.
Brunel N, Nadal JP. Mutual information, Fisher information, and population coding. Neural Comput. 1998 Oct 1;10(7):1731–57.
Brunel, N., and J. P. Nadal. “Mutual information, Fisher information, and population coding.Neural Comput, vol. 10, no. 7, Oct. 1998, pp. 1731–57. Pubmed, doi:10.1162/089976698300017115.
Brunel N, Nadal JP. Mutual information, Fisher information, and population coding. Neural Comput. 1998 Oct 1;10(7):1731–1757.
Journal cover image

Published In

Neural Comput

DOI

ISSN

0899-7667

Publication Date

October 1, 1998

Volume

10

Issue

7

Start / End Page

1731 / 1757

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Neurons
  • Models, Neurological
  • Information Theory
  • Cell Communication
  • Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
  • Action Potentials
  • 52 Psychology
  • 49 Mathematical sciences
  • 46 Information and computing sciences