Hi. I am a neuroscientist and I record the firing activity of cells. I am doing some calculations using a program and I realised that I do not know some basics e.g. calculation of frequency and instantaneous frequency. I have not done any maths lectures in a very long time so my knowledge is very basic!
If I start at the basics... If I have two events to work out the frequency I understand it that you take the time between the two events and then do 1/period? If that is correct is that then giving me the instantaneous frequency? I am also interested in average frequency per second. I assume that is taking all of the individual instantaneous frequency values and averaging them by the number of events that happen in a second?
Any help understanding this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
If I start at the basics... If I have two events to work out the frequency I understand it that you take the time between the two events and then do 1/period? If that is correct is that then giving me the instantaneous frequency? I am also interested in average frequency per second. I assume that is taking all of the individual instantaneous frequency values and averaging them by the number of events that happen in a second?
Any help understanding this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!