What happens when elegant neural coding theory meets biological reality?
For our Inside Discovery series, Veronika Koren explains why adding messiness — noise, metabolism, inhibition — still leads to efficient brains.
https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/75921c16/inside-discovery-where-theory-meets-biology?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
RE: https://fediscience.org/@eLife/115871742804185192
Cool example of #theory meeting #biology: shows that efficient coding principles survive when models include realistic circuitry, noise, and metabolic constraints. A reminder that good theory does not require oversimplification.