Topic: stimulus detection

Sensory systems continuously adapt their responses based on the frequency of stimuli they encounter. Our goal is to develop a clear understanding of how populations of cortical neurons adapt to varying sensory environments. Recent experiments in the mouse primary visual cortex (V1) have shown a remarkable finding: the magnitude of population responses follows a power law with respect to stimulus frequency. This power law is universal, with the same exponent observed across different statistical environments, enabling predictions of population responses to new environments and allowing the brai