Dual population coding in the neocortex: A model of interaction between representation and attention in the visual cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 353-370

  Koechlin, Etienne ^a   Burnod, Yves ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; COGNITION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0029975728     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1996.8.4.353     Document Type: Article

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