Hierarchical Bayesian inference in the visual cortex

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1434-1448

  Lee, Tai Sing ^a   Mumford, David ^b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; PROBABILITY;

VISUAL CORTEX;

VISION;

EID: 0042565834     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.20.001434     Document Type: Article

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