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Adaptation in Sensory Cortices, Models of

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Models of pattern adaptation; Models of sensory adaptation

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Models of adaptation in sensory cortices provide a functional and/or mechanistic description of the changes in neural responses and perception caused by sensory stimuli observed in the recent past. Sensory systems compute dynamic representations of the environment: cortical neurons typically adapt their “code” according to the recently received sensory input. This continuous recalibration is reflected in changes in neuronal response properties and has been interpreted as an adjustment of the limited dynamical range to compensate changes in the environment or changes in the observer. Functional models of sensory adaptation have linked these findings to optimal coding. Moreover, adaptation has also been studied in biophysical and network models, with the goal of understanding the mechanisms that give rise to adaptation in biological cortical circuits.

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    Klaus Wimmer

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Wimmer, K. (2015). Adaptation in Sensory Cortices, Models of. In: Jaeger, D., Jung, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6675-8_565

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