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Neural decoding
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<p>Neural decoding is a <a href="/facts/Neuroscience/o5RV8Cas">neuroscience</a> field concerned with the hypothetical reconstruction of sensory and other stimuli from information that has already been encoded and represented in the <a href="/facts/Brain/EKla9NkJ">brain</a> by <a href="/facts/Biological_neural_network/pgngqMLf">networks</a> of <a href="/facts/Neurons/G7CyTVdH">neurons</a>. Reconstruction refers to the ability of the researcher to predict what sensory stimuli the subject is receiving based purely on neuron <a href="/facts/Action_potential/Sz8yCRqx">action potentials</a>. Therefore, the main goal of neural decoding is to characterize how the <a href="/facts/Electrophysiology/VPd5VYzm">electrical activity</a> of neurons elicit activity and responses in the brain. </p><p>This article specifically refers to neural decoding as it pertains to the <a href="/facts/Mammal/phSwTzBo">mammalian</a> <a href="/facts/Neocortex/YEVjPgGK">neocortex</a>. </p>