Spatial and temporal integration of signals in foveal line orientation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2677-2684

  Westheimer, Gerald ^a   Ley, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TILTING;

EID: 0030965732     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.5.2677     Document Type: Article

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