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Hypothesis stating that neural information is represented by spatiotemporal patterns of activity and amounts of activity in populations of nerve fibers and central neurons rather than in the activity of individual neurons. For example, since the three types of retinal cones respond broadly, albeit differentially, to overlapping ranges of light wavelengths, any individual wavelength is represented by a specific ratio of activities across the different cone types.
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(2008). Across-Neuron (also: Across-Fiber) Pattern Code. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_50
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