Information-Limiting Correlations in Neural Populations: The Devil Is in the Details

Reebal Rafeh^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada rrafeh@uwo.ca.
² Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada.
³ Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
⁴ Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5K8, Canada.
⁵ Neuroscience Graduate Program, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.

Comment

Reebal Rafeh et al. J Neurosci. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 7;40(41):7782-7784.

doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0917-20.2020.

Reebal Rafeh^{1

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3

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5}, Geetika Gupta^{6

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5}

¹ Department of Psychology, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada rrafeh@uwo.ca.
² Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C1, Canada.
³ Brain and Mind Institute, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada.
⁴ Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5K8, Canada.
⁵ Neuroscience Graduate Program, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5C2, Canada.

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Information-Limiting Correlations in Large Neural Populations.
Bartolo R, Saunders RC, Mitz AR, Averbeck BB. Bartolo R, et al. J Neurosci. 2020 Feb 19;40(8):1668-1678. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2072-19.2019. Epub 2020 Jan 15. J Neurosci. 2020. PMID: 31941667 Free PMC article.

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