What is the limit of redundancy reduction with divisive normalization?
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Decomposing the Variance in Reading Comprehension to Reveal the Unique and Common Effects of Language and Decoding
Published on: October 11, 2018
Fabian H Sinz1, Matthias Bethge
1Institute for Neurobiology, Department for Neuroethology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany fabian.sinz@epagoge.de.
Abstract:
Divisive normalization has been proposed as a nonlinear redundancy reduction mechanism capturing contrast correlations. Its basic function is a radial rescaling of the population response. Because of the saturation of divisive normalization, however, it is impossible to achieve a fully independent representation. In this letter, we derive an analytical upper bound on the inevitable residual redundancy of any saturating radial rescaling mechanism.
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