Modeling the temporal dynamics of IT neurons in visual search: A mechanism for top-down selective attention

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-327

  Usher, Marius ^a   Niebur, Ernst ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; MODEL; MONKEY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TIME; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029899392     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1996.8.4.311     Document Type: Article

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