Figure 6. Information efficiency peaks as synchrony increases.

A. Estimator standard deviation monotonically decreases as the minimum jitter of the input decreases. B. The absolute amount of information decreases approximately linearly with increasing minimum jitter. Error bars of ±1 S.D. are shown to illustrate deviations from linearity are not strictly due to random chance. C. When weighted by the total output spike count, information efficiency peaks at 15 ms of jitter and then decreases for inputs with smaller amounts of jitter.