Neuronal correlates of decision-making in secondary somatosensory cortex

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1217-1225

  Romo, Ranulfo ^a   Hernández, Adrián ^a   Zainos, Antonio ^a   Lemus, Luis ^a   Brody, Carlos D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FINGER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036829016     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn950     Document Type: Article

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