Neuroscientists have long recognized the importance of understanding the underlying principles of information processing by large populations of neurons. The field of neural ensemble recordings has exploded since the publication of the first edition of Methods for Neural Ensemble Recordings. This second edition has been completely revised to cover new developments in electrode design and analyses from ensembles. Additional material includes the state-of-the-art of multi-electrode array design, strategies for multi-electrode recording data analysis, chronic recordings, using multi-electrode recordings to build brain-machine interfaces, and explorations of future directions.
Miguel Nicolelis is the Duke School of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and Duke University Professor of Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Psychology and Neuroscience. In 2004, Scientific American elected him as one of the twenty most influential scientists in the world.