I found this[1] article to give a nice overview over spiking neural networks and their connections to the more "traditional" neural networks of modern fame. In

I found this[1] article to give a nice overview over spiking neural networks and their connections to the more "traditional" neural networks of modern fame. In particular the connection between the typical weighted-sum plus activation function and a simplistic spiking model where one considers the output simply by the spiking rate was illuminating (section 3). [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9313413/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9313413/ Spiking Neural Networks and Their Applications: A Review