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  Estimating Information-Theoretic Quantities

Ince, R., Schultz, S., & Panzeri, S. (2015). Estimating Information-Theoretic Quantities. In D. Jaeger (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience (pp. 1137-1148). New York, NY, USA: Springer.

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Ince, RAA, Author
Schultz, SR, Author
Panzeri, S1, Author           
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1Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Max Planck Society, ou_1497794              

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 Abstract: Information theory is a practical and theoretic framework developed for the study of communication over noisy channels. Its probabilistic basis and capacity to relate statistical structure to function make it ideally suited for studying information flow in the nervous system. It has a number of useful properties: it is a general measure sensitive to any relationship, not only linear effects; it has meaningful units which in many cases allow direct comparison between different experiments; and it can be used to study how much information can be gained by observing neural responses in single trials, rather than in averages over multiple trials. A variety of information-theoretic quantities are in common use in neuroscience (see entry “Summary of Information Theoretic Quantities”). Estimating these quantities in an accurate and unbiased way from real neurophysiological data frequently presents challenges, which are explained in this entry.

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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-6675-8_140
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Title: Encyclopedia of Computational Neuroscience
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Publ. Info: New York, NY, USA : Springer
Pages: - Volume / Issue: - Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 1137 - 1148 Identifier: ISBN: 978-1-4614-6674-1