spiketools.measures.conversions.convert_times_to_counts

spiketools.measures.conversions.convert_times_to_counts(spikes, bins, time_range=None)

Convert spikes times to counts of spikes per time bin.

Parameters:

spikes1d array

Spike times, in seconds.

binsfloat or 1d array

The binning to apply to the spiking data. If float, the time length of each bin. If array, precomputed bin definitions.

time_rangelist of [float, float], optional

Time range, in seconds, to calculate the spike counts across. Only used if bins is a float.

Returns:

spike_bin_counts1d array

Vector of counts of the number of spikes per time bin.

Examples

Convert spike times (in seconds) to counts of spikes per time bin:

>>> spikes = np.array([0.100, 0.350, 0.450, 0.775, 0.975])
>>> convert_times_to_counts(spikes, bins=0.250)
array([1, 2, 0, 2])