A comparison of Macaque behavior and superior colliculus neuronal activity to predictions from models of two-choice decisions

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1392-1407

  Ratcliff, Roger ^a,b   Cherian, Anil ^a   Segraves, Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ERROR; FEMALE; MODEL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0141788661     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01049.2002     Document Type: Article

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