Behavioral stochastic resonance in the human brain

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5110, Issue , 2003, Pages 252-261

  Kitajo, Keiichi ^a,c   Nozaki, Daichi ^b   Ward, Lawrence M ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiharu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral stochastic resonance; Cortex; Noise

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BRAIN; OPTIMIZATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BEHAVIORAL STOCHASTIC RESONANCE; CORTEX; EYE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 0042827329     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.500975     Document Type: Conference Paper

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