• State-dependent geometry of population activity in rat auditory cortex 

      Kobak, Dmitry; Pardo-Vázquez, José L.; Valente, Mafalda; Machens, Christian K.; Renart, Alfonso (eLife Sciences, 2019-04-10)
      [Abstract] The accuracy of the neural code depends on the relative embedding of signal and noise in the activity of neural populations. Despite a wealth of theoretical work on population codes, there are few empirical ...
    • The mechanistic foundation of Weber’s law 

      Pardo-Vázquez, José L.; Castiñeiras-de Saa, Juan R.; Valente, Mafalda; Damiao, Iris; Costa, Tiago; Vicente, M. Inés; Mendonça, André G.; Mainen, Zachary F.; Renart, Alfonso (Nature, 2019-08-12)
      [Abstract] Although Weber's law is the most firmly established regularity in sensation, no principled way has been identified to choose between its many proposed explanations. We investigated Weber's law by training rats ...