diff --git a/projects/project_populationvector/populationvector.tex b/projects/project_populationvector/populationvector.tex index 7b5cb69..4f98614 100644 --- a/projects/project_populationvector/populationvector.tex +++ b/projects/project_populationvector/populationvector.tex @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ \begin{questions} \question In the visual cortex V1 orientation sensitive neurons - respond to bars in dependence on their orientation. + respond to bars in dependence on their orientation. In this project + we explore the question: How is the orientation of a bar encoded by the activity of a population of orientation sensitive neurons? @@ -54,6 +55,8 @@ position of the peak, $g$ is a gain factor that sets the modulation depth of the firing rate, and $a$ is an offset. + Why is there a factor two in the argument of the cosine? + \part How can the orientation angle of the presented bar be read out from one trial of the population activity of the 6 neurons? One possible method is the so called ``population vector'' where @@ -74,6 +77,9 @@ \texttt{population*.mat} files). How exactly is the orientation of the bar encoded? How robust is the estimate of the orientation from trial to trial? + + \part Can you think of yet another strategy to estimate the + orientation of the bar from the activity of the neurons? \end{parts} \end{questions}