The precision of single neuron responses in cortical area V1 during stereoscopic depth judgments

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3387-3400

  Prince, Simon J D ^a   Pointon, Andrew D ^a   Cumming, Bruce G ^a   Parker, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Awake macaque; Binocular disparity; Cortical area V1; Electrophysiology; Neurometric threshold; Stereoacuity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034194665     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-09-03387.2000     Document Type: Article

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