Saal, H.P., Wang, X. and Bensmaia, S.J. (2016) Importance of spike timing in touch: an analogy with hearing? Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 40. pp. 142-149. ISSN 0959-4388
Abstract
Touch is often conceived as a spatial sense akin to vision. However, touch also involves the transduction and processing of signals that vary rapidly over time, inviting comparisons with hearing. In both sensory systems, first order afferents produce spiking responses that are temporally precise and the timing of their responses carries stimulus information. The precision and informativeness of spike timing in the two systems invites the possibility that both implement similar mechanisms to extract behaviorally relevant information from these precisely timed responses. Here, we explore the putative roles of spike timing in touch and hearing and discuss common mechanisms that may be involved in processing temporal spiking patterns.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > Department of Psychology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2016 10:28 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2017 13:14 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2016.07.013 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.conb.2016.07.013 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104334 |