Analysis of pointing errors reveals properties of data representations and coordinate transformations within the central nervous system

Neural Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2823-2855

  McIntyre, J ^a,b   Stratta, F ^a   Droulez, J ^b   Lacquaniti, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROPRIOCEPTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034573115     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976600300014746     Document Type: Article

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