Readout of higher-level processing in the discharge of superior colliculus neurons

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1039, Issue , 2005, Pages 198-208

  Keller, Edward L ^a   Lee, Kyoung Min ^a,b   McPeek, Robert M ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Choice response paradigm; Frontal eye fields; Saccades; Search paradigm; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; COGNITION; COLOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; REWARD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22144474016     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1325.019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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