Visual cortex neurons in monkeys and cats: Detection, discrimination, and identification

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 897-919

  Geisler, Wilson S ^a   Albrecht, Duane G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Behavioral discrimination performance; Pattern recognition; Primate visual cortex; Single neuron electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031240013     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800011627     Document Type: Article

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