Is Information in the Brain Represented in Continuous or Discrete Form?

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The question of continuous-versus-discrete information representation in the brain is a fundamental yet unresolved question.

• Historically, most analyses assume a continuous representation without considering the discrete alternative.
• Our work explores the plausibility of both, answering the question from a communications systems engineering perspective.
• Using Shannon's communications theory, we posit that information in the brain is represented in discrete form.