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Not only were the signals well aligned, but we found that novelty signals were STRONGER in HGA than in spikes, requiring at least 4-fold less data to reached matched discriminability of novel from repeated images. In this case, you're better off with one channel of HGA than one neuron.
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Jan 5, 2026 19:46Is this controversial? People claiming spikes >> LFP surely don't think one neuron is sufficient. I miss the larger point.
just my perception, but I think people claiming spikes >> LFP rarely cite empirical evidence favoring one way or the other, but make that statement reflexively.
tbc I don't think LFP >> spikes universally, the much more interesting question is when one or the other, like this paper is showing.
Fair, but why compare one neuron to an LFP channel reflecting tons of neurons? In my understanding this result shows that for low-D things like arousal or novelty, average pop rate is good enough. For specific patterns of spiking, we want individual neurons. Do people diasgree on this?
We’ll call it Mount Richard, and advise no one digs too deep or they’ll find your many skeletons 🥲💀🏔️🪦
