ConceptNeuronFrequency

Related: SoftwareNeuronEngineCycle

The time from the onset of the spike to the end of the refractory period is about 4 ms. This means that the maximum firing rate of a neuron is about once every 4 ms or 250 Hz.

• Source: Brain Simulator II: The Guide - Charles Simon, * Chapter: Chapter 2

Input

Sensory signals which arrive at the brain contain information in the form of the spiking frequency (/"spiking rate"). Whether it is color, sound intensity, touch, etc., the stronger the sense, the faster the relevant neuron will be spiking.

//Different spiking frequency of neurons also make up difference-detection via borders. A 'red' and a 'green squared surface' next to each other have "kind of" a border and stay perceptually their own squares, compared to a 'green' and another 'green squared surface' next to another: who would perceptually become 'one rectangular green surface'. (?)

Output

Similarly, the brain’s output to muscles, most of the actions your brain can perform, cause muscles to contract more strongly with faster spiking.