Correlation between speed perception and neural activity in the middle temporal visual area

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 711-722

  Liu, Jing ^a   Newsome, William T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice probability; Microstimulation; MT; Neurometric threshold; Speed; Training effects

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RHESUS MONKEY; VELOCITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; JUDGMENT; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 12744255316     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4034-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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