spiketools.measures.spikes.compute_firing_rate

spiketools.measures.spikes.compute_firing_rate(spikes, time_range=None)

Estimate firing rate from a vector of spike times, in seconds.

Parameters:

spikes1d array

Spike times, in seconds.

time_rangelist of [float, float], optional

Time range, in seconds, to calculate the firing rate across.

Returns:

frfloat

Average firing rate.

Examples

Compute spike rate from spike times:

>>> spikes = np.array([0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3])
>>> compute_firing_rate(spikes)
2.4