On the information received by sensory receptors

A Mathematical Theory of Communication

Claude E. Shannon · Bell System Technical Journal · 1948 · 80.7K citations

Engineering, Communication, Electrical Engineering +11

NEURAL ACTIVITY IN MECHANORECEPTIVE CUTANEOUS AFFERENTS: STIMULUS-RESPONSE RELATIONS, WEBER FUNCTIONS, AND INFORMATION TRANSMISSION

Gerhard Werner, Vernon B. Mountcastle · Journal of Neurophysiology · 1965 · 490 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16

Nerve impulses from single receptors in the eye

H. K. Hartline, C. H. Graham · Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology · 1932 · 302 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

The Information Capacity of Nerve Cells Using a Frequency Code

Richard B. Stein · Biophysical Journal · 1967 · 228 citations · Full text

Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Neuroscience +15

Science and Humanism; Physics in Our Time.

Ernest Nagel, Erwin Schrödinger · The Journal of Philosophy · 1952 · 78 citations

Humanities, Philosophy, Physics +8