Neural correlates of a decision in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex of the macaque

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 176-185

  Kim, Jong Nam ^a   Shadlen, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MACACA; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ANIMALS; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORECASTING; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033359602     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/5739     Document Type: Article

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