Neural Coding in Sensory Systems
A major challenge for today’s systems neuroscience is to understand how neural populations process sensory information. This winter school will be taught by leading scientists from around the world, who have been studying mechanisms of computation in different sensory systems and species ranging from invertebrates to vertebrates. Our goal is to introduce an evolutionary perspective to neural coding. How did different organisms evolve to perceive their environment and how could this have given rise to different neural coding schemes? The course will emphasize similarities and differences in neural architectures between species and brain areas. In addition to experimental results, an important component of the school will be to present theoretical concepts. At the end, participants will be organized into working groups to identify open questions in the field and propose studies to address them.
Scientific Organizers
Matthias Bethge (Tübingen, Germany) and
Andreas Tolias (Houston, TX, USA)
Local Organizer
Alois Saria (Innsbruck, Austria)
The application deadline is September 19, 2011, 24:00 CET
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