Representation of visual uncertainty through neural gain variability

How does the brain represent sensory uncertainty? The authors find that neural gain variability tracks stimulus uncertainty across the visual hierarchy and explain their findings with a simple generalization of canonical models of neural computation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Olivier J. Hénaff, Zoe M. Boundy-Singer, Kristof Meding, Corey M. Ziemba, Robbe L. T. Goris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15533-0