Abstract
Little is known about how the brain processes timing information, particularly at the medium time-scales over which rhythmic patterns are perceived. New evidence that individual neurons respond to specific temporal patterns suggests a model for how rhythms may be encoded.
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Kristan, W. He's got rhythm: single neurons signal timing on a scale of seconds. Nat Neurosci 1, 643–645 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/3640
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