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Population vector code: a geometric universal as actuator. (English) Zbl 1145.92008

Summary: The population vector code relates directional tuning of single cells and global, directional motion incited by an assembly of neurons. In this paper three things are done. First, we analyze the population vector code as a purely geometric construct, focusing attention on its universality. Second, we generalize the algorithm on the basis of its geometrical realization so that the same construct that responds to sensation can function as an actuator for behavioral output. Third, we suggest at least a partial answer to the question of what many maps, neuronal representations of the outside sensory world in space-time, are good for: encoding vectorial input they enable a direct realization of the population vector code.

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92C20 Neural biology
91E30 Psychophysics and psychophysiology; perception
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