1. The authors are in the Department of Neuroscience and the Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University Medical Center, Kolb Research Annex, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10032, USA. e-mail: lfa2103@columbia.edu

Abstract

Receptor neurons may not encode sensory information in an efficient manner. A new paper supports the idea that the brain achieves optimal encoding downstream of sensory transduction through additional processing.

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