Period histograms reveal phase locking by plotting spike counts across stimulus phase.
Evidence
A common way to represent the behavior of an auditory nerve fiber is to describe the firing patterns in the form of a period histogram. A period histogram represents the number of spikes (summed over many stimulus presentations) plotted as a function of the phase within a single period. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1211
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Defines the period histogram as a phase-distribution plot of summed spikes.
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