Sensory coding, decoding, and representations: Unnecessary and troublesome constructs?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-118

  Halpern, Bruce P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coding; Neural coding; Representation; Simulacra; Transformation

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY SYSTEM; CODING; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; TASTE;

EID: 0034177150     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00195-5     Document Type: Article

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