Modeling selective attention using a neuromorphic analog VLSI device

Neural Computation

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2857-2880

  Indiveri, Giacomo ^a  

^a Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; MICROCOMPUTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; VISION;

ATTENTION; MICROCOMPUTERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SYNAPSES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0034576069     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089976600300014755     Document Type: Article

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