The computational neuroscience of visual cognition: Attention, memory and reward

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3368, Issue , 2005, Pages 100-117

  Deco, Gustave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biased competition; Computational neuroscience; Theoretical model; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGY;

BIASED COMPETITION; COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISUAL ATTENTION;

COMPUTER VISION;

EID: 24144470791     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-30572-9_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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