Binding and response selection in the temporal domain - A new paradigm for neurobiological research

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 241-266

  Engel, Andreas K ^a   Roelfsema, Pieter R ^b   Fries, Pascal ^a   Brecht, Michael ^a   Singer, Wolf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell assembly; Distributed processing; Oscillation; Sensory integration; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030730885     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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