Orientation tuning properties of simple cells in area V1 derived from an approximate analysis of nonlinear neural field models

Neural Computation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1721-1747

  Wennekers, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035432451     PISSN: 08997667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/08997660152469323     Document Type: Article

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